diff --git a/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c b/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c
index 11c14feac..7fe4cde69 100644
--- a/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c
+++ b/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     maxcycles=10000;                         //Fano timeout limit
     double minsync1=0.10;                    //First sync limit
     double minsync2=0.12;                    //Second sync limit
-    int iifac=13;                             //Step size in final DT peakup
+    int iifac=8;                             //Step size in final DT peakup
     int symfac=50;                           //Soft-symbol normalizing factor
     int maxdrift=4;                          //Maximum (+/-) drift
     double minrms=52.0 * (symfac/64.0);      //Final test for plausible decoding
@@ -784,9 +784,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     for (ipass=0; ipass<npasses; ipass++) {
         
         if( ipass == 1 && uniques == 0 ) break;
-//        if( ipass == 1 ) {  //otherwise we bog down on the second pass
-//            quickmode = 1;
-//        }
         
         memset(ps,0.0, sizeof(float)*512*nffts);
         for (i=0; i<nffts; i++) {
@@ -995,8 +992,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             sync1=sync0[j];
 
             
-            // do coarse searches over lag and freq, then check sync to see
-            // if we should continue.
+            // coarse-grid lag and freq search, then if sync>minsync1 continue
             fstep=0.0; ifmin=0; ifmax=0;
             lagmin=shift1-128;
             lagmax=shift1+128;
@@ -1012,16 +1008,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                                 lagmin, lagmax, lagstep, &drift1, symfac, &sync1, 1);
             tsync1 += (double)(clock()-t0)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 
+            // fine-grid lag and freq search
             if( sync1 > minsync1 ) {
-                // fine search over lag
-                lagmin=shift1-32; lagmax=shift1+32; lagstep=8;
+        
+                lagmin=shift1-32; lagmax=shift1+32; lagstep=16;
                 t0 = clock();
                 sync_and_demodulate(idat, qdat, npoints, symbols, &f1, ifmin, ifmax, fstep, &shift1,
                                     lagmin, lagmax, lagstep, &drift1, symfac, &sync1, 0);
                 tsync0 += (double)(clock()-t0)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
             
                 // fine search over frequency
-                fstep=0.05; ifmin=-3; ifmax=3;
+                fstep=0.05; ifmin=-2; ifmax=2;
                 t0 = clock();
                 sync_and_demodulate(idat, qdat, npoints, symbols, &f1, ifmin, ifmax, fstep, &shift1,
                                 lagmin, lagmax, lagstep, &drift1, symfac, &sync1, 1);