diff --git a/infrastructure/setup.sh b/infrastructure/setup.sh
index f2315d5..a7d73f4 100755
--- a/infrastructure/setup.sh
+++ b/infrastructure/setup.sh
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ OVERRIDE
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/docker-compose.yml" "$INFRA_DIR/docker-compose.yml"
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/lnd-init.sh" "$INFRA_DIR/lnd-init.sh"
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/sweep.sh" "$INFRA_DIR/sweep.sh"
+cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/sweep.conf.example" "$INFRA_DIR/sweep.conf.example"
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/ops.sh" "$INFRA_DIR/ops.sh"
 chmod +x "$INFRA_DIR/lnd-init.sh" "$INFRA_DIR/sweep.sh" "$INFRA_DIR/ops.sh"
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/sweep.conf.example b/infrastructure/sweep.conf.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a54ad38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/sweep.conf.example
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Timmy Node — Auto-sweep configuration
+# Copy to /opt/timmy-node/sweep.conf and edit, or run: bash ops.sh configure-sweep
+#
+# Modes:
+#   static — sweep to a single cold address every time
+#   list   — rotate through addresses in /opt/timmy-node/sweep-addresses.txt
+#   xpub   — derive a fresh address from an xpub each sweep (no address reuse)
+
+SWEEP_MODE="static"
+COLD_ADDRESS=""
+XPUB=""
+KEEP_SATS=300000
+MIN_SWEEP=50000
+SWEEP_CRON="0 3 * * *"
+SWEEP_FREQ_LABEL="daily at 3am UTC"
diff --git a/infrastructure/sweep.sh b/infrastructure/sweep.sh
index 0a8b039..e7f09e4 100755
--- a/infrastructure/sweep.sh
+++ b/infrastructure/sweep.sh
@@ -147,9 +147,8 @@ fi
 log "SUCCESS — txid=${TXID}  amount=${SWEEP_AMT} sats  →  ${SWEEP_TO}"
 
 # ── Advance address index (xpub / list modes) ─────────────────
+# NEXT_INDEX was already loaded by resolve_address(); advance it for the next run
 if [[ "$SWEEP_MODE" == "xpub" || "$SWEEP_MODE" == "list" ]]; then
-  NEXT_INDEX=0
-  [[ -f "$STATE_FILE" ]] && source "$STATE_FILE"
   NEW_INDEX=$(( NEXT_INDEX + 1 ))
   echo "NEXT_INDEX=$NEW_INDEX" > "$STATE_FILE"
   chmod 600 "$STATE_FILE"