diff --git a/audit/internal/webui/api.go b/audit/internal/webui/api.go
index a1b090a..fe66958 100644
--- a/audit/internal/webui/api.go
+++ b/audit/internal/webui/api.go
@@ -667,6 +667,22 @@ func (h *handler) handleAPIInstallStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 
 // ── Metrics SSE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+func (h *handler) handleAPIMetricsLatest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	sample, ok := h.latestMetric()
+	if !ok {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+		return
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(sample)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	_, _ = w.Write(b)
+}
+
 func (h *handler) handleAPIMetricsStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if !sseStart(w) {
 		return
diff --git a/audit/internal/webui/pages.go b/audit/internal/webui/pages.go
index 059edbd..8a8af9d 100644
--- a/audit/internal/webui/pages.go
+++ b/audit/internal/webui/pages.go
@@ -532,16 +532,10 @@ function refreshCharts() {
 }
 setInterval(refreshCharts, 3000);
 
-const es = new EventSource('/api/metrics/stream');
-es.addEventListener('metrics', e => {
-  const d = JSON.parse(e.data);
-
-  // Show/hide Fan RPM card based on data availability
+fetch('/api/metrics/latest').then(r => r.json()).then(d => {
   const fanCard = document.getElementById('card-server-fans');
   if (fanCard) fanCard.style.display = (d.fans && d.fans.length > 0) ? '' : 'none';
-
-});
-es.onerror = () => {};
+}).catch(() => {});
 </script>`
 }
 
diff --git a/audit/internal/webui/server.go b/audit/internal/webui/server.go
index 941ddbc..621be72 100644
--- a/audit/internal/webui/server.go
+++ b/audit/internal/webui/server.go
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ func NewHandler(opts HandlerOptions) http.Handler {
 
 	// Metrics — SSE stream of live sensor data + server-side SVG charts + CSV export
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/stream", h.handleAPIMetricsStream)
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/latest", h.handleAPIMetricsLatest)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/chart/", h.handleMetricsChartSVG)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/export.csv", h.handleAPIMetricsExportCSV)
 
@@ -1230,13 +1231,6 @@ probe();
 func (h *handler) handlePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	page := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
 	if page == "" {
-		// Serve loading page until audit snapshot exists
-		if _, err := os.Stat(h.opts.AuditPath); err != nil {
-			w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(loadingPageHTML))
-			return
-		}
 		page = "dashboard"
 	}
 	// Redirect old routes to new names
diff --git a/bible b/bible
index 688b87e..456c1f0 160000
--- a/bible
+++ b/bible
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 688b87e98deed5fadd71e10e123073640d92c15a
+Subproject commit 456c1f022c17499ab059ae753684174b2621d74c
diff --git a/internal/chart b/internal/chart
index 05db699..ac8120c 160000
--- a/internal/chart
+++ b/internal/chart
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 05db6994d4a77bc95cc9d96892f81875f2f9fa01
+Subproject commit ac8120c8ab800bb3067efcada50bc4272dc8f76a
diff --git a/iso/builder/build.sh b/iso/builder/build.sh
index 56f829e..c4e0b5e 100755
--- a/iso/builder/build.sh
+++ b/iso/builder/build.sh
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ rm -f \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/etc/bee-release" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee" \
-    "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-stress" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-nccl-gpu-stress" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/john" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/bee-gpu-burn-worker" \
@@ -305,7 +304,6 @@ if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ] && [ -f "$GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN" ]; then
     chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-burn" 2>/dev/null || true
     chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress" 2>/dev/null || true
     chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-nccl-gpu-stress" 2>/dev/null || true
-    ln -sfn bee-gpu-burn "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-stress"
 fi
 
 # --- inject smoketest into overlay so it runs directly on the live CD ---
diff --git a/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-audit.service b/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-audit.service
index aec5af9..4ca6b79 100644
--- a/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-audit.service
+++ b/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-audit.service
@@ -1,25 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Bee: schedule startup hardware audit via task queue
-# Start AFTER bee-web, not before — bee-web must not wait for audit.
-After=bee-web.service
-Wants=bee-web.service
+Description=Bee: on-demand hardware audit (not started automatically)
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-# Wait up to 90s for bee-web to respond on /healthz, then sleep 60s for
-# the system to settle (GPU drivers, sensors), then enqueue the audit as
-# a background task so it appears in the task list and logs.
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '\
-  i=0; \
-  while [ $i -lt 90 ]; do \
-    if curl -sf http://localhost/healthz >/dev/null 2>&1; then break; fi; \
-    sleep 1; i=$((i+1)); \
-  done; \
-  sleep 60; \
-  curl -sf -X POST http://localhost/api/audit/run >/dev/null'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'curl -sf -X POST http://localhost/api/audit/run >/dev/null'
 StandardOutput=journal
 StandardError=journal
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-install b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-install
index f4c367a..ac30157 100755
--- a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-install
+++ b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-install
@@ -12,17 +12,55 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+usage() {
+    cat >&2 <<'EOF'
+Usage: bee-install <device> [logfile]
+
+  Installs the live system to a local disk (WIPES the target).
+
+  device   Target block device, e.g. /dev/sda or /dev/nvme0n1
+           Must be a hard disk or NVMe — NOT a CD-ROM (/dev/sr*)
+  logfile  Optional path for progress log (default: /tmp/bee-install.log)
+
+Examples:
+  bee-install /dev/sda
+  bee-install /dev/nvme0n1
+  bee-install /dev/sdb /tmp/my-install.log
+
+WARNING: ALL DATA ON <device> WILL BE ERASED.
+
+Layout (UEFI):  GPT — partition 1: EFI 512MB vfat, partition 2: root ext4
+Layout (BIOS):  MBR — partition 1: root ext4
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
 DEVICE="${1:-}"
 LOGFILE="${2:-/tmp/bee-install.log}"
 
-if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: bee-install <device> [logfile]" >&2
-    exit 1
+if [ -z "$DEVICE" ] || [ "$DEVICE" = "--help" ] || [ "$DEVICE" = "-h" ]; then
+    usage
 fi
 if [ ! -b "$DEVICE" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: $DEVICE is not a block device" >&2
+    echo "Run 'lsblk' to list available disks." >&2
     exit 1
 fi
+# Block CD-ROM devices
+case "$DEVICE" in
+    /dev/sr*|/dev/scd*)
+        echo "ERROR: $DEVICE is a CD-ROM/optical device — cannot install to it." >&2
+        echo "Run 'lsblk' to find the target disk (e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/nvme0n1)." >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+# Check required tools
+for tool in parted mkfs.vfat mkfs.ext4 unsquashfs grub-install update-grub; do
+    if ! command -v "$tool" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "ERROR: required tool not found: $tool" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
 
 SQUASHFS="/run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs"
 if [ ! -f "$SQUASHFS" ]; then
diff --git a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress
index 938ca0d..66aa778 100644
--- a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress
+++ b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress
@@ -23,6 +23,62 @@ contains_csv() {
     echo ",${haystack}," | grep -q ",${needle},"
 }
 
+show_opencl_diagnostics() {
+    if command -v clinfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "-- clinfo -l --" >&2
+        clinfo -l >&2 || true
+    fi
+    echo "-- john --list=opencl-devices --" >&2
+    ./john --list=opencl-devices >&2 || true
+}
+
+ensure_nvidia_uvm() {
+    if lsmod 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^nvidia_uvm '; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    ko="/usr/local/lib/nvidia/nvidia-uvm.ko"
+    [ -f "${ko}" ] || return 1
+
+    if ! insmod "${ko}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    uvm_major=$(grep -m1 ' nvidia-uvm$' /proc/devices | awk '{print $1}')
+    if [ -n "${uvm_major}" ]; then
+        mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm c "${uvm_major}" 0 2>/dev/null || true
+        mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm-tools c "${uvm_major}" 1 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
+ensure_opencl_ready() {
+    out=$(./john --list=opencl-devices 2>&1 || true)
+    if echo "${out}" | grep -q "Device #"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    if ensure_nvidia_uvm; then
+        out=$(./john --list=opencl-devices 2>&1 || true)
+        if echo "${out}" | grep -q "Device #"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "OpenCL devices are not available for John." >&2
+    if ! lsmod 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^nvidia_uvm '; then
+        echo "nvidia_uvm is not loaded." >&2
+    fi
+    if [ ! -e /dev/nvidia-uvm ]; then
+        echo "/dev/nvidia-uvm is missing." >&2
+    fi
+    show_opencl_diagnostics
+    return 1
+}
+
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
         --seconds|-t) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; SECONDS="$2"; shift 2 ;;
@@ -76,6 +132,8 @@ echo "john_devices=${JOHN_DEVICES}"
 
 cd "${JOHN_DIR}"
 
+ensure_opencl_ready || exit 1
+
 choose_format() {
     if [ -n "${FORMAT}" ]; then
         echo "${FORMAT}"