diff --git a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.cpp b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.cpp
index db45f9f..1d0bcd9 100644
--- a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.cpp
+++ b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void CUBIC::onCongestion(void) {
 		const auto current_cwnd = getCWnD(); // TODO: remove, only used by logging?
 		const auto current_wnd = getWindow(); // respects cwnd and fwnd
 
+		_bytes_leftover = 0;
 		resetReductionTimer();
 
 		if (current_cwnd < _window_max) {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ int64_t CUBIC::canSend(float time_delta) {
 	}
 
 	const auto window = getCWnD();
-	int64_t cspace_bytes = window - _in_flight_bytes;
+	int64_t cspace_bytes = (window - _in_flight_bytes) + _bytes_leftover;
 	if (cspace_bytes < MAXIMUM_SEGMENT_DATA_SIZE) {
 		return 0u;
 	}
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ int64_t CUBIC::canSend(float time_delta) {
 	// limit to whole packets
 	int64_t cspace_pkgs = (cspace_bytes / MAXIMUM_SEGMENT_DATA_SIZE) * MAXIMUM_SEGMENT_DATA_SIZE;
 
+	_bytes_leftover = cspace_bytes - cspace_pkgs;
+
 	return std::min(cspace_pkgs, fspace_pkgs);
 }
 
diff --git a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.hpp b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.hpp
index 621800d..7646058 100644
--- a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.hpp
+++ b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/cubic.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct CUBIC : public FlowOnly {
 		//double _window_last_max {2.f * MAXIMUM_SEGMENT_SIZE};
 
 		double _time_since_reduction {12.f}; // warm start
+		int64_t _bytes_leftover {0};
 
 	private:
 		void updateReductionTimer(float time_delta);
diff --git a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/flow_only.cpp b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/flow_only.cpp
index 8c769dd..c6e915f 100644
--- a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/flow_only.cpp
+++ b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1/flow_only.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ void FlowOnly::onSent(SeqIDType seq, size_t data_size) {
 	);
 	_in_flight_bytes += data_size + SEGMENT_OVERHEAD;
 	//_recently_sent_bytes += data_size + SEGMENT_OVERHEAD;
-
-	_time_point_last_update = getTimeNow();
 }
 
 void FlowOnly::onAck(std::vector<SeqIDType> seqs) {