diff --git a/tools/live/lib.ts b/tools/live/lib.ts
index 6f8b57c..f21ec99 100644
--- a/tools/live/lib.ts
+++ b/tools/live/lib.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ const SECRET = env.FILIUS_TICKET_SECRET!;
 const KEY = env.FILIUS_SERVICE_KEY!;
 export const made: string[] = [];
 /**
- * How many seconds before now the tickets are signed. F before
- * TICKET_AHEAD_SECONDS refused a ticket from its future, and test-filius'
- * clock was behind this machine's (886 ms, then 8 ms with NTP).
+ * How many seconds before now the tickets are signed (0: as the dashboard
+ * signs them). F before TICKET_AHEAD_SECONDS refused a ticket from its
+ * future, and test-filius' clock was behind this machine's (886 ms, then
+ * 8 ms with NTP); against such an F, 2 helps.
  */
-const SKEW_SECONDS = Number(process.env.SKEW_SECONDS ?? 2);
+const SKEW_SECONDS = Number(process.env.SKEW_SECONDS ?? 0);
 
 export async function svc(method: string, path: string, body?: unknown): Promise<{ status: number; json: any }> {
   const r = await fetch(`${BASE}${path}`, { method, headers: { 'x-filius-service-key': KEY, 'content-type': 'application/json' }, ...(body === undefined ? {} : { body: JSON.stringify(body) }) });