diff --git a/docs/Configuration-Guide.md b/docs/Configuration-Guide.md
index f20488ee2..0b00c0800 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration-Guide.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration-Guide.md
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ which are common to all optimizers (and most have to do with learning rate sched
 | `lr_schedule`   | The type of learning rate schedule for decay. See below.              | `cosine` |
 | `min_lr_ratio`  | The minimum learning rate ratio.                                      | `0.1`    |
 | `warmup`        | Warmup fraction or number of steps                                    | `0.01`   |
-| `stable`        | Stable fraction or number of steps                                    | `0.0`    |
+| `decay`        | Decay fraction or number of steps                                    | `None`    |
 | `cycles`        | The number of cycles for the learning rate, or steps where cycles end | `None`   |
 | `rewarmup`      | The learning rate re-warmup, if using cycles.                         | `0.0`    |
 
diff --git a/src/levanter/optim/config.py b/src/levanter/optim/config.py
index d814a6b64..7b684efeb 100644
--- a/src/levanter/optim/config.py
+++ b/src/levanter/optim/config.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class OptimizerConfig(draccus.ChoiceRegistry, abc.ABC):
     """The lr scheduler operates on 4 stages: [warmup] - {[stable] - [decay]} x haps - [cooldown]"""
     warmup: float = 0.01
     """fraction of training steps to use as warmup, or steps to use. 0.0 means no warmup"""
-    stable: float = 0.00
-    """fraction of training steps to use as cooldown, or steps to use. 0.0 means no cooldown"""
+    decay: Optional[float] = None
+    """fraction of training steps to use as decay, or steps to use. None means full decay"""
     rewarmup: float = 0.0
     "If using a cycle, how much of the cycle to use as re-warmup. 0.0 means no re-warmup."
     cooldown: Optional[float] = None
@@ -174,8 +174,12 @@ def lr_scheduler(self, num_train_steps):
                 schedules.append(warmup)
                 boundaries.append(start + warmup_steps)
 
-            stable_steps = _convert_ratio_or_steps(self.stable, cycle_steps)
-            lr_decay_steps = cycle_steps - stable_steps - warmup_steps
+            lr_decay_steps = (
+                _convert_ratio_or_steps(self.decay, cycle_steps)
+                if self.decay is not None
+                else cycle_steps - warmup_steps
+            )
+            stable_steps = cycle_steps - warmup_steps - lr_decay_steps
 
             if stable_steps != 0:
                 stable = optax.constant_schedule(self.learning_rate)
diff --git a/tests/test_optimizer_config.py b/tests/test_optimizer_config.py
index 9c5b91d7c..70737df7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_optimizer_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_optimizer_config.py
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ def test_no_stable_weirdness():
         learning_rate=2e-6,  # 2x10^-6
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=0.03,
-        stable=0.0,
         min_lr_ratio=0.0,
         lr_schedule="linear",
         max_grad_norm=None,
-        haps=None,
+        cycles=None,
         weight_decay_modules=None,
         default_weight_decay_mask=None,
     )
@@ -33,10 +32,8 @@ def test_constant_schedule():
         learning_rate=1e-3,
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=0.0,
-        stable=0.0,
         min_lr_ratio=1.0,  # No decay
         lr_schedule="constant",
-        haps=None,
         cycles=None,
     )
 
@@ -52,10 +49,8 @@ def test_warmup_and_cosine_decay():
         learning_rate=1e-2,
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=0.1,  # 10% of steps
-        stable=0.0,
         min_lr_ratio=0.1,
         lr_schedule="cosine",
-        haps=None,
         cycles=None,
     )
 
@@ -75,7 +70,6 @@ def test_linear_schedule_with_cycles():
         learning_rate=5e-4,
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=50,
-        stable=0.0,
         min_lr_ratio=0.2,
         lr_schedule="linear",
         cycles=2,
@@ -105,30 +99,33 @@ def test_linear_schedule_with_cycles():
     assert np.isclose(sched_fn(999), 0.2 * 5e-4, atol=1e-5)
 
 
-def test_haps_schedule():
+def test_wsds_schedule():
     optimizer = AdamConfig(
         learning_rate=1e-3,
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=0.0,
-        stable=0.0,
+        decay=0.1,
         min_lr_ratio=0.1,
         lr_schedule="cosine",
-        haps=[300, 700],
+        cycles=[300, 700],
     )
 
     sched_fn = optimizer.lr_scheduler(1000)
 
-    # Before first haps
+    # First cycle
     assert np.isclose(sched_fn(0), 1e-3)
+    assert np.isclose(sched_fn(269), 1e-3)
+    assert sched_fn(271) < 1e-3
 
-    # First haps
+    # Second cycle
     assert np.isclose(sched_fn(300), 1e-3)
+    assert np.isclose(sched_fn(659), 1e-3)
+    assert sched_fn(661) < 1e-3
 
-    # After first haps
-    assert sched_fn(301) < 1e-3
-
-    # Before second haps
-    assert sched_fn(699) < sched_fn(301)
+    # Thrid cycle
+    assert np.isclose(sched_fn(701), 1e-3)
+    assert np.isclose(sched_fn(969), 1e-3)
+    assert sched_fn(971) < 1e-3
 
 
 def test_inv_sqrt_decay_schedule():
@@ -136,10 +133,9 @@ def test_inv_sqrt_decay_schedule():
         learning_rate=1e-3,
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=0.1,
-        stable=0.0,
         min_lr_ratio=0.1,
         lr_schedule="inv_sqrt",
-        haps=None,
+        cycles=None,
     )
 
     sched_fn = optimizer.lr_scheduler(100_000)
@@ -157,7 +153,6 @@ def test_rewarmup_schedule():
         learning_rate=1e-2,
         weight_decay=0.0,
         warmup=0.2,  # 20% of cycle
-        stable=0.0,
         min_lr_ratio=0.2,
         lr_schedule="linear",
         cycles=2,