diff --git a/src/fraggle/fraggle_util.f90 b/src/fraggle/fraggle_util.f90
index 98ebe0654..2f498a0cf 100644
--- a/src/fraggle/fraggle_util.f90
+++ b/src/fraggle/fraggle_util.f90
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module subroutine fraggle_util_set_mass_dist(self, param)
       real(DP), parameter :: BETA = 2.85_DP
       integer(I4B), parameter :: MASS_NOISE_FACTOR = 5  !! The number of digits of random noise that get added to the minimum mass value to prevent identical masses from being generated in a single run 
       integer(I4B), parameter :: NFRAGMAX_UNSCALED = 3000  !! Maximum number of fragments that can be generated
-      integer(I4B), parameter :: NFRAGMIN = 1 !! Minimum number of fragments that can be generated (set by the fraggle_generate algorithm for constraining momentum and energy)
+      integer(I4B), parameter :: NFRAGMIN = 3 !! Minimum number of fragments that can be generated 
       integer(I4B), parameter :: iMlr = 1
       integer(I4B), parameter :: iMslr = 2
       integer(I4B), parameter :: iMrem = 3
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module subroutine fraggle_util_set_mass_dist(self, param)
                mfrag = max((nfrag - 1)**(-3._DP / BETA) * impactors%mass_dist(iMslr), min_mfrag)
                mremaining = mremaining - mfrag
             end do
-            nfrag = min(ceiling(nfrag / param%nfrag_reduction), nfragmax)
+            nfrag = max(min(ceiling(nfrag / param%nfrag_reduction), nfragmax), NFRAGMIN)
             call self%setup_fragments(nfrag)
 
          case (COLLRESOLVE_REGIME_MERGE, COLLRESOLVE_REGIME_GRAZE_AND_MERGE)