diff --git a/src/microbe_stage/components/MicrobeColony.cs b/src/microbe_stage/components/MicrobeColony.cs
index d1377ccca74..310fcd8ac81 100644
--- a/src/microbe_stage/components/MicrobeColony.cs
+++ b/src/microbe_stage/components/MicrobeColony.cs
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ public static void CalculateRotationSpeed(this ref MicrobeColony colony)
                 // fastest cell inside it
                 var memberRotation = MicrobeInternalCalculations
                         .CalculateRotationSpeed(colonyMember.Get<OrganelleContainer>().Organelles!.Organelles)
-                    * (1 + 0.03f * distanceSquared);
+                    * (1 + 0.007f * distanceSquared);
 
                 colonyRotation += memberRotation;
             }