diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 19b6400..437d21a 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ window.CONFIG = {
         cloudBrightness: 1.0,     // cloud albedo (theme hue, brightness from the model)
         cloudHaze: 0.22,          // share of the ground haze applied to the deck
         // Cloud shadows: the terrain samples the same cloud field as the sky pass.
-        cloudShadows: true,
+        cloudShadows: false,
         cloudShadowDensity: 1.8,  // optical depth through the deck
         cloudShadowFloor: 0.06,   // darkest shade under a thick cloud
         cloudShadowAmbient: 0.65, // share of the skylight a deck also blocks