And it brought them a much-desired first home win in eight weeks.
Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck struck in the first quarter-hour as the Seagulls secured a 2-1 win.
There were some nervous moments at the end but also unity on and off the pitch.
And some celebrations at the end as Albion climbed the table.
Out post-match audio attempts to capture the good, the nervous and the could-have-been-worse from this second successive win.
We look at what Fabian Hurzeler said afterwards and the big pluses he picked out.
And we look at the surprise when he named his line-up eight days on from Plan Bee at Brentford.
Diego Gomez lashed a volley from an unlikely angle but forest levelled with a fabulous goal from Morgan Gibbs-White.
owever, barely two more minutes had elapsed when Albion went back ahead after Forest failed to deal with Kaoru Mitoma’s cross.
Jack Hinshelwood headed back across goal and Welbeck took an expert touch before tucking it past Selz.