diff --git a/rugnux/Rugnux.cpp b/rugnux/Rugnux.cpp
index 656e0d38..0639162f 100644
--- a/rugnux/Rugnux.cpp
+++ b/rugnux/Rugnux.cpp
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ ProcessResult Rugnux::Run(RugnuxObserver *observer) {
             f.get();
 
         int best_score = -1;
+        double best_vol = 0.0;
         std::string best_name;
         std::optional<RotationIndexerResult> best_result;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < ris.size(); i++) {
@@ -475,13 +476,40 @@ ProcessResult Rugnux::Run(RugnuxObserver *observer) {
             if (!result.has_value())
                 continue;
             const int score = count_indexed(*result);
+            const double vol = std::abs(result->lattice.CalcVolume());
             const std::string &name = schemes[i].first;
             logger.Info("First-pass scheme '{}': indexes {}/{} validation frames", name, score,
                         static_cast<int>(validation.size()));
-            // The first scheme sets the baseline; a later one wins only if it indexes clearly more
-            // frames (>10%), so a scheme that merely ties the default never displaces it.
-            if (!best_result.has_value() || static_cast<float>(score) > best_score * 1.1f + 0.5f) {
+
+            // A later scheme wins if it indexes clearly more frames (>10%).
+            const bool clearly_more = static_cast<float>(score) > best_score * 1.1f + 0.5f;
+
+            // Integer-supercell tie-break. The validation-frame count saturates - a spurious axis
+            // multiple (2x/3x...) indexes every frame its true cell does, so both schemes reach the same
+            // frame total and the count alone cannot tell them apart; the default then keeps whichever
+            // ran first. When the two schemes tie on frames but their cell volumes are related by an
+            // integer factor >=2, the larger cell is that spurious supercell (one FFT resolved a true
+            // axis only as a 2x/3x harmonic of its length - the full-rotation 'spread' cloud is prone to
+            // this) and the smaller is the true reduced cell: take it, regardless of scheme order.
+            // Requiring a near-integer ratio is what separates a real axis multiplication from a mere
+            // centering coincidence: a rhombohedral H cell vs its C2 sub-cell is 1.5x (non-integer) and
+            // is correctly left alone.
+            bool integer_subcell = false;
+            if (best_result.has_value() && !clearly_more && vol > 1.0 && best_vol > 1.0) {
+                const bool tied = static_cast<float>(score) >= best_score * 0.9f - 0.5f;
+                const double ratio = (vol < best_vol) ? best_vol / vol : vol / best_vol;
+                const double nearest = std::round(ratio);
+                const bool integer_multiple = nearest >= 2.0 && std::abs(ratio - nearest) < 0.15;
+                integer_subcell = tied && integer_multiple && vol < best_vol;
+            }
+
+            if (!best_result.has_value() || clearly_more || integer_subcell) {
+                if (integer_subcell)
+                    logger.Info("Scheme '{}' cell (vol {:.0f}) is a {:.0f}x sub-cell of '{}' (vol {:.0f}) at "
+                                "equal frame count - adopting the smaller true cell", name, vol,
+                                std::round(best_vol / vol), best_name, best_vol);
                 best_score = score;
+                best_vol = vol;
                 best_name = name;
                 best_result = result;
             }