diff --git a/subwave_nowplaying.star b/subwave_nowplaying.star
index ba87818..5b6c64b 100644
--- a/subwave_nowplaying.star
+++ b/subwave_nowplaying.star
@@ -119,14 +119,19 @@ DEFAULT_STATIC_OVERLAY = "on"
 # keeps the original values -- confirmed it has more buffer headroom on
 # that hardware, per earlier discussion, so this is deliberately not a
 # blanket reduction. Verified against a real "NOW"-style compilation
-# cover: the reduced "moderate" (1.25) measured ~297-316KB across
-# several runs, vs ~329-336KB at the original 1.4 -- a real, repeatable
-# margin gain, not just noise from the glitch segment's own randomness.
+# cover: "moderate" at 1.2 measured ~309-315KB across several runs, vs
+# ~329-336KB at the original 1.4 -- a real, repeatable margin gain, not
+# just noise from the glitch segment's own randomness. "strong" trimmed
+# the same way (1.7 -> 1.35). Crop-centering safety re-checked with the
+# calibration tool (not real album art, which can have genuinely black
+# regions that a naive corner-pixel check can't tell apart from an
+# actual exposed margin) at the new "strong" value across every
+# ZOOM_RANDOM_SPOTS position: 0 black/void corner hits.
 ZOOM_LEVELS_1X = {
     "off": 1.0,
     "subtle": 1.1,
-    "moderate": 1.25,
-    "strong": 1.45,
+    "moderate": 1.2,
+    "strong": 1.35,
 }
 ZOOM_LEVELS_2X = {
     "off": 1.0,