diff --git a/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim b/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim
index da90e45..04763be 100644
--- a/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim
+++ b/SNNBot_garage/src/SNNBot.nim
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ const
   THRESH   = 0.08        # ponytail: THRESH=0.08 tuned for 80-input layer; raise if firing saturates
   MAX_GUN_TURN = 20.0    # max gun turn per tick (degrees)
   AIM_TOL  = 2.0         # arrive tolerance (degrees)
-  ETA      = 0.05        # SuperSpike learning rate for hidden→output weights (r_0 from paper)
-  ETA_IH   = 0.005       # ponytail: ETA_IH=0.005 scaled down for 80 inputs; raise if input→hidden converges too slowly
+  ETA      = 0.1         # SuperSpike learning rate for hidden→output weights (r_0 from paper, bumped 2x)
+  ETA_IH   = 0.02        # ponytail: ETA_IH=0.02 bumped 4x for input→hidden (was 0.005, too conservative)
   # ponytail: separate input→hidden rate; add RMaxProp optimizer if convergence still unstable
   N_INFER  = 10          # inference window ticks per DECIDE
   # ponytail: N_INFER=10, increase if output still noisy; decrease if too slow per tick