diff --git a/single_shot_inference.py b/single_shot_inference.py
index 6f244374..05d05505 100644
--- a/single_shot_inference.py
+++ b/single_shot_inference.py
@@ -405,7 +405,9 @@ def forward_layer(X_l, w, li, cfg, rope_cos, rope_sin,
     attn_out = attn_out.permute(1, 0, 2)  # (T, n_h, hd)
 
     # -- Inverse RoPE on attention output (paper §2.3.3) --
-    attn_out = apply_inverse_rope(attn_out, positions_dev, rope_cos, rope_sin, hd, rd)
+    # NOTE: disabling for debugging — check if this is causing issues
+    # attn_out = apply_inverse_rope(attn_out, positions_dev, rope_cos, rope_sin, hd, rd)
+    attn_out = attn_out  # No inverse RoPE for now
 
     # -- Output projection: wo_a (grouped BMM) + wo_b (NVFP4) --
     # wo_a: grouped linear, (n_h, hd) → (n_groups, o_rank) via BMM