diff --git a/packaging/fplearn.sh b/packaging/fplearn.sh
index 0268164..7c3ae9a 100755
--- a/packaging/fplearn.sh
+++ b/packaging/fplearn.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ UNIT=fingerprintd-test
 BIN=/tmp/fingerprintd
 COMMON="--daemon --verbose --edge-wake --sfs-root=/var/lib/fingerprintd/sfs --sfs-writable --rpmb-write"
 
+# How many frames learning actually folded, out of the daemon's own transcript.
+# Without this a trend run cannot tell "learning fired and did not help" from
+# "learning never fired" -- which is exactly the confusion that made the first
+# trend run measure a static template three times.
+folds() {
+    L=$(ls -t /var/log/fingerprintd/*.log 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+    [ -n "$L" ] || { echo "  (no transcript)"; return; }
+    m=$(grep -c -- "-> MATCH fid=" "$L" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+    f=$(grep -c "folded in (metric" "$L" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+    s=$(grep -c "learn: template saved" "$L" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+    echo "  folds: $f frame(s) over $m matched press(es), $s save(s)"
+}
+
 sizes() {
     # A template is stored twice, the container and its backup, so the sizes
     # come in pairs. The BODY is the container minus its 4096-byte header.
@@ -115,7 +128,7 @@ enrol)
     echo; echo "next: fplearn.sh base" ;;
 
 base)
-    N=${2:-10}; W=${3:-5}
+    N=${2:-15}; W=${3:-0}
     echo "=== BASELINE: learning OFF ==="
     restart "--learn=0" || exit 1
     echo "sizes before:"; sizes
@@ -124,7 +137,9 @@ base)
     echo; echo "next: fplearn.sh trend" ;;
 
 trend)
-    N=${2:-10}; W=${3:-5}
+    # No wrong-finger taps by default: zero false accepts is settled over forty
+    # of them, and the presses are better spent on the false-negative rate.
+    N=${2:-15}; W=${3:-0}
     echo "=== TREND: learning ON, three runs on one template ==="
     restart "--learn=1" || exit 1
     echo "sizes at the start:"; sizes
@@ -132,7 +147,7 @@ trend)
     while [ $r -le 3 ]; do
         echo; echo "----- learning run $r of 3 -----"
         /tmp/fptrial.sh "$N" "$W"
-        echo "sizes after run $r:"; sizes
+        echo "after run $r:"; sizes; folds
         r=$((r+1))
     done
     echo
diff --git a/packaging/fptrial.sh b/packaging/fptrial.sh
index d11bc28..5b7b145 100644
--- a/packaging/fptrial.sh
+++ b/packaging/fptrial.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ run() {  # $1 = label
 }
 echo "labelled trial -> $OUT"
 i=1; while [ $i -le $C ]; do run "CORRECT $i/$C"; i=$((i+1)); done
-echo; echo "===== now switch to a DIFFERENT finger ====="; sleep 3
-i=1; while [ $i -le $W ]; do run "WRONG $i/$W"; i=$((i+1)); done
+# The wrong-finger half is skippable, and skipping it is the right default once
+# the question it answers is settled. Across every run this project has made the
+# wrong finger has matched ZERO times out of forty-odd taps; the open question
+# is the FALSE NEGATIVE rate, and each wrong-finger tap spends a press that
+# could have measured that instead. Pass a count to put the control back.
+if [ "$W" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo; echo "===== now switch to a DIFFERENT finger ====="; sleep 3
+    i=1; while [ $i -le $W ]; do run "WRONG $i/$W"; i=$((i+1)); done
+fi
 echo
 echo "===== summary ====="
 awk '$1=="CORRECT"{c++; if($3=="verify-match")cm++; ct+=$4}
      $1=="WRONG"  {w++; if($3=="verify-match")wm++; wt+=$4}
      END{printf "  correct finger: %d/%d matched  (false negatives %d)  mean %d ms\n", cm,c,c-cm,(c?ct/c:0);
-         printf "  wrong finger:   %d/%d matched  (false ACCEPTS %d)   mean %d ms\n", wm,w,wm,(w?wt/w:0)}' "$OUT"
+         if (w) printf "  wrong finger:   %d/%d matched  (false ACCEPTS %d)   mean %d ms\n", wm,w,wm,wt/w;
+         else   printf "  wrong finger:   not run this trial\n"}' "$OUT"
 echo "  per-tap log: $OUT"