diff --git a/ScaFFold/cli.py b/ScaFFold/cli.py
index 840a7e6..6ec5f1d 100644
--- a/ScaFFold/cli.py
+++ b/ScaFFold/cli.py
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ def main():
 
         # Recalculate unet_layers to capture any CLI overrides
         combined_config["unet_layers"] = (
-            combined_config["problem_scale"]
-            - combined_config["unet_bottleneck_dim"]
-            + 1
+            combined_config["problem_scale"] - combined_config["unet_bottleneck_dim"]
         )
 
         # Resolve paths to absolute, matching Config() behavior
diff --git a/ScaFFold/utils/config_utils.py b/ScaFFold/utils/config_utils.py
index 08cb481..fdd5618 100644
--- a/ScaFFold/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/ScaFFold/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def __init__(self, config_dict):
             )
             self.problem_scale = math.floor(self.problem_scale)
         self.unet_bottleneck_dim = config_dict["unet_bottleneck_dim"]
-        self.unet_layers = self.problem_scale - self.unet_bottleneck_dim + 1
+        self.unet_layers = self.problem_scale - self.unet_bottleneck_dim
         self.n_fracts_per_vol = config_dict["n_fracts_per_vol"]
         self.n_instances_used_per_fractal = config_dict["n_instances_used_per_fractal"]
         self.scale = 1