diff --git a/src/uncategorized/hgApplication.tw b/src/uncategorized/hgApplication.tw
index c14514c08c24f7f0dc641a1fa226bd4b7f3f73a9..0259a150dbed2815b783d1db8a3d20814649d96c 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/hgApplication.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/hgApplication.tw
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ She helps $activeSlave.slaveName however she can. The tender care has @@.green;i
 <<if $HGtraining == "obedience">>
 
 <<set _effectiveness -= $activeSlave.intelligence*15>>
-<<if _effectiveness == 0>>
+<<if _effectiveness <= 0>>
 	She fails at training $activeSlave.slaveName because she is too intelligent.
 <<else>>
 	<<set $activeSlave.devotion += Math.ceil(_effectiveness/4)>>