diff --git a/R/llcont.R b/R/llcont.R
index d8e496a..83060fa 100644
--- a/R/llcont.R
+++ b/R/llcont.R
@@ -314,13 +314,11 @@ llcont.lm <- function (x, ...) {
   if (inherits(x, "mlm"))
     stop("'logLik' does not support multiple responses", call. = FALSE)
   res <- x$residuals
-  p <- x$rank
   N <- length(res)
-  s <- summary(x)$sigma
-  ## calculate s2 for ML method
-  sml2 <- (s * sqrt((N - p) / N))^2
+  ## Bolt: bypassed summary(x)$sigma overhead by computing sml2 directly from residuals and weights
   if (is.null(w <- x$weights)) {
     w <- rep.int(1, N)
+    sml2 <- sum(res^2) / N
   } else {
     excl <- w == 0
     if (any(excl)) {
@@ -328,6 +326,7 @@ llcont.lm <- function (x, ...) {
       N <- length(res)
       w <- w[!excl]
     }
+    sml2 <- sum(w * res^2) / N
   }
 
   0.5 * (log(w) - (log(2 * pi) + log(sml2) + (w * res^2)/sml2))
@@ -345,15 +344,18 @@ llcont.mlogit <- function(x, ...) log(fitted(x))
 #' @export
 llcont.nls <- function (x, ...) {
   res <- x$m$resid()
-  N <- length(res)
-  s <- summary(x)$sigma
-  N_p <- summary(x)$df[2]
-  sml2 <- (s * sqrt((N_p) / N))^2
   if (is.null(w <- x$weights))
-    w <- rep_len(1, N)
+    w <- rep_len(1, length(res))
   zw <- w == 0
+  N <- sum(!zw)
+
+  ## Bolt: bypassed summary(x)$sigma overhead by computing sml2 directly from residuals
+  ## Note: nls residuals (x$m$resid()) are already weighted internally by sqrt(weights)
+  sml2 <- sum(res^2) / N
 
-  -0.5 * (log(2 * pi) + log(sml2) - log(w + zw) + (w * res^2)/sml2)
+  ll <- numeric(length(res))
+  ll[!zw] <- -0.5 * (log(2 * pi) + log(sml2) - log(w[!zw]) + (res[!zw]^2)/sml2)
+  ll
 }
 
 ################################################################
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_llcont_nls_weight_contract.R b/tests/testthat/test_llcont_nls_weight_contract.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f9babd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_llcont_nls_weight_contract.R
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+context("weighted nls llcont contract")
+
+test_that("weighted nls contributions sum to stats logLik", {
+  DNase1 <- subset(DNase, Run == 1)
+  case_weights <- rep(c(0.5, 1, 2, 4), length.out = nrow(DNase1))
+  fit <- nls(
+    density ~ Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))/scal)),
+    data = DNase1,
+    weights = case_weights,
+    start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0, scal = 1)
+  )
+
+  expect_equal(sum(llcont(fit)), as.numeric(logLik(fit)), tolerance = 1e-8)
+})
+
+test_that("zero-weight nls observations make no likelihood contribution", {
+  DNase1 <- subset(DNase, Run == 1)
+  case_weights <- rep(c(0, 1, 2, 4), length.out = nrow(DNase1))
+  fit <- nls(
+    density ~ Asym/(1 + exp((xmid - log(conc))/scal)),
+    data = DNase1,
+    weights = case_weights,
+    start = list(Asym = 3, xmid = 0, scal = 1)
+  )
+
+  contributions <- llcont(fit)
+  expect_equal(contributions[case_weights == 0], rep(0, sum(case_weights == 0)))
+  expect_equal(sum(contributions), as.numeric(logLik(fit)), tolerance = 1e-8)
+})