diff --git a/Scripts/game/gauge.lua b/Scripts/game/gauge.lua
index 6b217844..96f009b6 100644
--- a/Scripts/game/gauge.lua
+++ b/Scripts/game/gauge.lua
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ function Gauge.new(is_2p, dan, string_diff, opts)
     self.base_fade = 1.0
     self.pool = {}
     self.fade_in = tex.get_option("gauge_cell_fade_in")
+    -- cells the clear mark sits before the exact clear fraction (Lumen: 87/60 on the 87-cell art)
+    local mark = tex.get_skin_config("gauge_clear_mark_offset")
+    self.clear_mark_offset = mark and mark.x
     local screen = opts.screen or "game"
 
     local cells = tex.get_skin_config("gauge_cells")
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ function Gauge:render(y, mirror, idx, points, previous_points, max_points, clear
     local clear_point = clamp(clear_points * units // max_points, 1, units)
     -- Lumen puts the clear mark at the exact fraction minus 87/60 cells (x 897/967/1037 on
     -- easy/normal/hard), not on a cell edge
-    local cpx = clear_points * units / max_points - units / 60
+    local cpx = clear_points * units / max_points - (self.clear_mark_offset or units / 60)
 
     if solid > 0 then
         self:blit(self.bar, nil, nil, y,
@@ -197,8 +200,9 @@ function Gauge:render(y, mirror, idx, points, previous_points, max_points, clear
     end
 
     if show_up then
-        -- sprite sits on the cell that was just filled (length-1)
-        local fx = length * bw   -- glow rides the leading edge of the fill
+        -- flash: the glow rides the leading edge of the fill; fade-in: the sprite is the new
+        -- cell itself (the fill stops one cell short until it lands)
+        local fx = (fade_in and length - 1 or length) * bw
         if length == clear_point then
             self:blit(self.clear_transition_fade, mirror, cpx * bw, y, nil, alpha, nil, idx)
         elseif length > clear_point then