diff --git a/engine/MUNGA/AUDWTHR.h b/engine/MUNGA/AUDWTHR.h
index abb6b49..bf7c63f 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA/AUDWTHR.h
+++ b/engine/MUNGA/AUDWTHR.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ template <class T>
 	triggerOn = False;
 
 	if (getenv("BT_ATTRBIND_LOG")) { static int s_tc=0; if (s_tc++<80)
-		DEBUG_STREAM << "[trigcfg] attrPtr=" << (void*)attributePointer
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[trigcfg] attrPtr=" << (void*)attributePointer << " comp=" << (void*)audioComponentSocket.GetCurrent()
 			<< " thresh=" << attributeValueThreshold
 			<< " inverse=" << (int)inverseTrigger
 			<< " onID=" << (int)controlIDOn << "/" << controlValueOn
diff --git a/engine/MUNGA/WATCHER.cpp b/engine/MUNGA/WATCHER.cpp
index 7acb2c0..fd0227d 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA/WATCHER.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA/WATCHER.cpp
@@ -118,10 +118,22 @@ AttributeWatcher::AttributeWatcher(
 	if (attributePointer == NULL)
 	{
 		static char s_missingAttrPad[64] = {0};
+		// TYPED pad: ConfigureActivePress is the held-configure-button INDEX whose
+		// authored idle is -1 (none) -- NINE audio triggers gate the configure-mode
+		// ticker on it with threshold -1 across the configurable subsystems.  The
+		// zero pad read as "button 0 held" and started the ticker at load (the
+		// eternal 2.7/s chirp).  Redirect this attribute to a -1 pad; others keep 0.
+		static int s_configureIdlePad = -1;
+		CString configure_name("ConfigureActivePress");
+		if (attribute_name == configure_name)
+			attributePointer = &s_configureIdlePad;
+		else
+			attributePointer = s_missingAttrPad;
 		if (getenv("BT_AUDIO_LOG"))
 			DEBUG_STREAM << "[attrnull] " << subsystem_name << "." << attribute_name
-				<< " not reconstructed -> inert pad\n" << std::flush;
-		attributePointer = s_missingAttrPad;
+				<< " not reconstructed -> "
+				<< (attributePointer == (void*)&s_configureIdlePad ? "-1 pad" : "inert pad")
+				<< "\n" << std::flush;
 	}
 
 	Check_Pointer(attributePointer);