diff --git a/chain.js b/chain.js
index 3cd6f1e..0c12733 100644
--- a/chain.js
+++ b/chain.js
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ function loadState() {
   if (state.payouts.some(p => p.kind === 'income' && !p.desc)) state.snapshotAt = 0;
   // one-time true-up: earlier tail code didn't maintain directCount/matrix slots live
   if (!state.migratedLiveCounts) { state.snapshotAt = 0; state.migratedLiveCounts = true; }
+  // one-time re-snapshot: repair members pre-cached by verifyMember whose
+  // registration the tail skipped (#134 missing placement, #41 stuck at 1/2)
+  if (!state.migratedPreIndexFix) { state.snapshotAt = 0; state.migratedPreIndexFix = true; }
 }
 function saveState() {
   try {
@@ -275,8 +278,10 @@ async function processRange(fromBlock, toBlock) {
     const key = tx.slice(2, 12) + ':' + hexInt(l.logIndex);
     if (l.topics[0] === T_REGISTERED) {
       const id = topicInt(l.topics[1]);
-      if (!state.members[id]) {
-        state.members[id] = { account: topicAddr(l.topics[2]), referrerId: topicInt(l.topics[3]), tier: wInt(l.data, 0), joinedAt: ts, level: 1, directCount: 0, earnedPol: 0 };
+      const existing = state.members[id];
+      if (!existing || existing.preIndexed) {
+        state.members[id] = { ...(existing || {}), account: topicAddr(l.topics[2]), referrerId: topicInt(l.topics[3]), tier: wInt(l.data, 0), joinedAt: ts, level: (existing && existing.level) || 1, directCount: (existing && existing.directCount) || 0, earnedPol: (existing && existing.earnedPol) || 0 };
+        delete state.members[id].preIndexed;
         // keep the referrer's qualification progress live between snapshots
         const ref = state.members[topicInt(l.topics[3])];
         if (ref) ref.directCount = (ref.directCount || 0) + 1;
@@ -411,7 +416,11 @@ function getPayoutsPublic(offset = 0, limit = 40) {
 async function verifyMember(id) {
   const m = await fetchMember(id);
   if (!m) return { registered: false };
-  if (state && !state.members[id]) state.members[id] = { account: m.account, referrerId: m.referrerId, uplineId: m.uplineId, tier: m.tier, level: m.level, joinedAt: m.joinedAt };
+  // preIndexed: provisional cache — the log tail must still process this
+  // member's registration event (referrer directCount++ etc.). Without the
+  // flag, an instant verify (join-now auto-submission) races the tail and the
+  // registration gets skipped as a duplicate (bit us with #134/#41, 2026-08-19).
+  if (state && !state.members[id]) state.members[id] = { account: m.account, referrerId: m.referrerId, uplineId: m.uplineId, tier: m.tier, level: m.level, joinedAt: m.joinedAt, preIndexed: true };
   return { registered: true, ...m, tierName: tierName(m.tier), levelName: levelName(m.level) };
 }