diff --git a/src/fraggle/fraggle_generate.f90 b/src/fraggle/fraggle_generate.f90
index 6ee9c36bd..93b4c3431 100644
--- a/src/fraggle/fraggle_generate.f90
+++ b/src/fraggle/fraggle_generate.f90
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ module subroutine fraggle_generate_disrupt(self, nbody_system, param, t, lfailur
       real(DP)                             :: dE
       real(DP), dimension(NDIM)            :: dL
       character(len=STRMAX)                :: message
-      real(DP), parameter                  :: fail_scale_initial = 1.01_DP
+      real(DP), parameter                  :: fail_scale_initial = 1.0003_DP
       integer(I4B)                         :: nfrag_start
 
       ! The minimization and linear solvers can sometimes lead to floating point exceptions. Rather than halting the code entirely if this occurs, we