diff --git a/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx b/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
index f61b71d..14f0820 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
@@ -71,11 +71,28 @@ export function buildSteps(rows, {
   valueCol, unitsCol, logMeta = {},
   excludeIters = ['reference'],   // kept for callers with no bucket data
   basis = null,                   // a pf_bucket name, or null for composition
-  forecastBucket = 'Forecast',
+  forecastBucket,
 }) {
   const hasBuckets = rows.some(r => r.pf_bucket != null)
   const excl = new Set(excludeIters)
 
+  // Which bucket is the forecast. It used to be the literal 'Forecast', and the
+  // moment the buckets were renamed to carry their sort prefix -- '04 - Forecast'
+  // -- no row matched it: every row counted as a comparison, the walk had no
+  // steps, and the bridge showed the basis cancelling itself to zero.
+  //
+  // The caller passes the version's adjustment_bucket, which is the same value
+  // an unbucketed adjustment is labelled with, so the two agree by construction.
+  // Falling back to whichever bucket actually holds the adjustments keeps a
+  // renamed or unconfigured version working rather than silently empty.
+  const fcBucket = (() => {
+    if (forecastBucket && rows.some(r => r.pf_bucket === forecastBucket)) return forecastBucket
+    const adjusted = rows.find(r => r.pf_bucket && !['baseline', 'reference'].includes(r.pf_iter))
+    if (adjusted) return adjusted.pf_bucket
+    const baseline = rows.find(r => r.pf_bucket && r.pf_iter === 'baseline')
+    return baseline ? baseline.pf_bucket : (forecastBucket || 'Forecast')
+  })()
+
   const num = (r, col) => (col ? (parseFloat(r[col]) || 0) : 0)
   const blank = () => ({ value: 0, units: 0, rows: 0 })
 
@@ -96,7 +113,7 @@ export function buildSteps(rows, {
     }
 
     // Anything outside the forecast is a comparison, never a step.
-    if (hasBuckets && bucket !== forecastBucket) {
+    if (hasBuckets && bucket !== fcBucket) {
       if (basis && bucket === basis) { basisT.value += v; basisT.units += u; basisT.rows += 1 }
       continue
     }
@@ -137,7 +154,7 @@ export function buildSteps(rows, {
     })
   } else {
     out.push({
-      key: 'baseline', label: hasBuckets ? forecastBucket + ' loads' : 'Baseline', kind: 'anchor',
+      key: 'baseline', label: hasBuckets ? fcBucket + ' loads' : 'Baseline', kind: 'anchor',
       delta: loads.value, start: 0, end: loads.value,
       units: loads.units, rows: loads.rows, entries: 1,
     })
@@ -151,7 +168,7 @@ export function buildSteps(rows, {
   }
 
   out.push({
-    key: 'current', label: hasBuckets ? forecastBucket : 'Current', kind: 'anchor',
+    key: 'current', label: hasBuckets ? fcBucket : 'Current', kind: 'anchor',
     delta: running, start: 0, end: running,
     units: loads.units + mid.reduce((a, g) => a + (g.units || 0), 0),
     rows: loads.rows + mid.reduce((a, g) => a + g.rows, 0),
@@ -194,7 +211,7 @@ export function layoutSteps(steps, width, H = 340, PAD = { t: 24, r: 16, b: 64,
 export default function BridgeView({
   open, onClose, tableRef, viewerRef, logMeta = {},
   valueCol, unitsCol, colMeta = [], slices = [],
-  excludeIters = ['reference'], versionName,
+  excludeIters = ['reference'], versionName, forecastBucket,
 }) {
   const hasSelection = slices.length > 0
   // 'selection' | 'filtered' | 'all'
@@ -260,14 +277,16 @@ export default function BridgeView({
         await view.delete()
       }
 
-      setSteps(buildSteps(rows, { valueCol, unitsCol, logMeta, excludeIters, basis: basis || null }))
+      setSteps(buildSteps(rows, {
+        valueCol, unitsCol, logMeta, excludeIters, basis: basis || null, forecastBucket,
+      }))
           } catch (err) {
       setError(err.message || String(err))
       setSteps(null)
     } finally {
       setLoading(false)
     }
-  }, [tableRef, viewerRef, scope, logMeta, valueCol, unitsCol, excludeIters, slices, colMeta, basis])
+  }, [tableRef, viewerRef, scope, logMeta, valueCol, unitsCol, excludeIters, slices, colMeta, basis, forecastBucket])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!hasSelection && scope === 'selection') setScope('filtered')
diff --git a/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx b/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx
index 4de19c6..8f9fa72 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx
+++ b/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx
@@ -2006,6 +2006,11 @@ export default function Forecast({ sources = [], sourceId, versions = [], versio
         slices={slices}
         excludeIters={versions.find(v => String(v.id) === String(versionId))?.exclude_iters || ['reference']}
         versionName={versions.find(v => String(v.id) === String(versionId))?.name}
+        // Which bucket *is* the forecast. Not a constant: it is the version's
+        // adjustment_bucket, which is how an adjustment with no bucket of its
+        // own gets labelled, so the two always agree by construction.
+        forecastBucket={versions.find(v => String(v.id) === String(versionId))?.adjustment_bucket
+                        || '04 - Forecast'}
       />
 
       {/* Main area — the panel lives in one of three shells, chosen by `dock` */}