diff --git a/eve_orehold_watcher.py b/eve_orehold_watcher.py
index 930c7ad..574ee16 100644
--- a/eve_orehold_watcher.py
+++ b/eve_orehold_watcher.py
@@ -33,10 +33,24 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import socket
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 import urllib.request
 
+# Stop child processes (Tesseract on every OCR scan, etc.) from flashing a console
+# window. Patches subprocess so every spawned process gets CREATE_NO_WINDOW on Windows.
+# All watchers import this module, so this covers the whole fleet.
+if os.name == "nt":
+    _CREATE_NO_WINDOW = 0x08000000
+    _orig_popen_init = subprocess.Popen.__init__
+
+    def _popen_no_window(self, *a, **k):
+        k["creationflags"] = k.get("creationflags", 0) | _CREATE_NO_WINDOW
+        _orig_popen_init(self, *a, **k)
+
+    subprocess.Popen.__init__ = _popen_no_window
+
 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, "config.ini")
 
@@ -425,8 +439,10 @@ def run_ocr(cp):
                         tail = f"filling {rate_m3min:,.0f} m³/min · full <t:{full_at}:R>"
                     else:
                         tail = "not growing yet — lasers/drones idle?"
-                    _discord_live(cp, "hold", "⛏️ Ore hold",
-                                  f"{pct:.0f}% ({cur:,}/{cap:,} m³) · {tail}")
+                    act = " · 🟠 **COMPRESS NOW**" if pct >= alert_pct else \
+                          (" · compress soon" if pct >= 80 else "")
+                    _discord_live(cp, "hold", f"⛏️ {socket.gethostname()} ore hold",
+                                  f"{pct:.0f}% ({cur:,}/{cap:,} m³) · {tail}{act}")
                     last_status = time.time()
                 was_mining = mining
                 if pct < reset_pct: