diff --git a/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim b/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim
index 34cb810..99f7f25 100644
--- a/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim
+++ b/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim
@@ -460,9 +460,12 @@ method run*(bot: SNNBot) =
         let absBearing = directionTo(myX, myY, futureX, futureY)
         let targetRel  = normalizeRelativeAngle(absBearing - bot.lastDecideGunDir)
         when USE_RESERVOIR:
-          let winBin   = bot.res.forward(toBitVec80(encodeInputFull(
-            normalizeRelativeAngle(bot.enemyBearing - bot.lastDecideGunDir),
-            bot.velDirDeg, bot.velSpeed, bot.hasLastPos)))
+          # state/scores already set by DECIDE's forward(); re-forwarding would corrupt them
+          let winBin   = block:
+            var best = 0; var bestS = -1
+            for k in 0 ..< N_BINS:
+              if bot.res.scores[k] > bestS: bestS = bot.res.scores[k]; best = k
+            best
           let aimAngle = bot.res.interpolatedAngle(winBin)
           bot.res.learn(targetRel)
           echo "RES tick=" & $bot.tick & " bin=" & $winBin &
diff --git a/SNNBot_garage/src/reservoir.nim b/SNNBot_garage/src/reservoir.nim
index 06c5cb6..f78f5e6 100644
--- a/SNNBot_garage/src/reservoir.nim
+++ b/SNNBot_garage/src/reservoir.nim
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ proc sparseBits(r: var Reservoir, density: float): uint64 =
     if r.nextRand() < thresh:
       result = result or (1'u64 shl bit)
 
-proc randomDecayMask(r: var Reservoir): uint64 =
-  ## ~1% bits set: AND 6 random words (1/2^6 = 1/64 ≈ 1.5% density).
-  result = r.nextRand()
-  for _ in 0 ..< 5:
-    result = result and r.nextRand()
-
 # ── Init ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 proc initReservoir*(seed: int): Reservoir =
@@ -67,13 +61,8 @@ proc initReservoir*(seed: int): Reservoir =
     for w in 0 ..< 16:
       result.wRec[i][w] = sparseBits(result, SPARSITY_REC)
 
-    let inPop  = popcount(result.wIn[i][0]) + popcount(result.wIn[i][1])
-    let recPop = block:
-      var s = 0
-      for w in 0 ..< 16: s += popcount(result.wRec[i][w])
-      s
-    # Threshold: ~50% of expected input votes + ~30% of expected recurrent votes
-    result.threshold[i] = max(1, int(float(inPop) * 0.5 + float(recPop) * 0.3))
+    # ponytail: threshold=1 gives ~50% firing; raise if reservoir saturates (all neurons fire every tick)
+    result.threshold[i] = 1
 
   # readout and state are zero-initialized by default
 
@@ -158,7 +147,4 @@ proc learn*(r: var Reservoir, correctAngle: float) =
     for w in 0 ..< 16:
       r.readout[worstBin][w] = r.readout[worstBin][w] and (not r.state[w])
 
-  # Decay: clear ~1.5% of bits per bin to prevent saturation
-  for k in 0 ..< N_BINS:
-    for w in 0 ..< 16:
-      r.readout[k][w] = r.readout[k][w] and (not randomDecayMask(r))
+  # ponytail: decay removed; add back if readout weights saturate (all scores converge to same value)