From b36cf894b7139737e56f448e16d86aea82c9ba23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Johnston <alan.b.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:05:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] don't restore payload if sim mode and sim payload fail

---
 main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 9376e0e9..f8355f0c 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 		    printf("Simulated MPU Failure!\n");
 	  }
 
-		if ((failureMode == FAIL_BME) || (failureMode == FAIL_MPU) || sim_mode) // recreaate sensor_payload string	
+		if ((failureMode == FAIL_BME) || (failureMode == FAIL_MPU) || (sim_mode && (failureMode == FAIL_PAYLOAD))) // recreaate sensor_payload string	
 		{  
 		  sensor_payload[0] = '\0';
 		  strcpy(sensor_string[0], "OK");