diff --git a/src/uncategorized/reputation.tw b/src/uncategorized/reputation.tw
index ed57923f1de6c10cfb07105fae8e3cca081de26d..77ad9be8fe8f9e352c45af046c67f3f03b428557 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/reputation.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/reputation.tw
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ On formal occasions, you are announced as $PCTitle.
 		<<set $enduringRep = 0>>
 	<<elseif $PC.degeneracy > 75>>
 		There are @@.red;severe rumors@@ about you spreading across the arcology.
-		<<run repX(-200*$PC.degeneracy, "PCactions")>>
+		<<run repX(-20*$PC.degeneracy, "PCactions")>>
 	<<elseif $PC.degeneracy > 50>>
 		There are @@.red;bad rumors@@ about you spreading across the arcology.
 		<<run repX(-10*$PC.degeneracy, "PCactions")>>