diff --git a/eve_rock_watcher.py b/eve_rock_watcher.py
index 5e0b2a6..d001a20 100644
--- a/eve_rock_watcher.py
+++ b/eve_rock_watcher.py
@@ -97,14 +97,20 @@ def detect_selected_region(cp):
     tcmd = cp.get("ocr", "tesseract_cmd", fallback="").strip()
     if tcmd:
         pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = tcmd
-    S = 2                                             # upscale so small panel text is found
+    # CROP to the center band (where EVE sits on a big multi-monitor desktop) THEN
+    # upscale — full-screen OCR is too coarse to read the small panel text. This is the
+    # exact approach that successfully located 'Quantity 43,975 Units' on Brock's screen.
+    S = 2
     try:
         with mss.mss() as sct:
             mon = sct.monitors[0]
             raw = sct.grab(mon)
             img = Image.frombytes("RGB", raw.size, raw.bgra, "raw", "BGRX")
-        img = img.resize((img.width * S, img.height * S))
-        data = pytesseract.image_to_data(img, output_type=pytesseract.Output.DICT)
+        W, Hh = img.size
+        cx0, cy0 = int(W * 0.22), 0
+        crop = img.crop((cx0, cy0, int(W * 0.82), int(Hh * 0.97)))
+        up = crop.resize((crop.width * S, crop.height * S))
+        data = pytesseract.image_to_data(up, output_type=pytesseract.Output.DICT)
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"[rock] detect error: {e}")
         return None
@@ -118,13 +124,13 @@ def detect_selected_region(cp):
         joined = " ".join(data["text"][i] for i in idxs)
         # the 'Quantity N Units' line: contains 'unit' + a digit (tolerant to OCR)
         if "unit" in joined.lower() and re.search(r"\d", joined):
-            xs = [data["left"][i] // S for i in idxs]   # map 2x coords back to screen
+            xs = [data["left"][i] // S for i in idxs]   # 2x -> crop space
             ys = [data["top"][i] // S for i in idxs]
             rs = [(data["left"][i] + data["width"][i]) // S for i in idxs]
             bs = [(data["top"][i] + data["height"][i]) // S for i in idxs]
-            padx = 170                                  # extend LEFT to capture the number
-            region = [mon["left"] + min(xs) - padx, mon["top"] + min(ys) - 8,
-                      (max(rs) - min(xs)) + padx + 20, (max(bs) - min(ys)) + 16]
+            padx = 180                                  # extend LEFT to capture the number
+            region = [mon["left"] + cx0 + min(xs) - padx, mon["top"] + cy0 + min(ys) - 8,
+                      (max(rs) - min(xs)) + padx + 30, (max(bs) - min(ys)) + 16]
             save_rock_region(cp, *region, mode="selected")
             print(f"[rock] auto-detected Selected-Item quantity -> {region}")
             return region