diff --git a/src/endWeek/saSocialEffects.js b/src/endWeek/saSocialEffects.js
index d4b42dfaca0d33773e942f325b0a863f1caf3677..7c0ec0a2cda1781aecf03bd2d12e0cfc26938900 100644
--- a/src/endWeek/saSocialEffects.js
+++ b/src/endWeek/saSocialEffects.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 App.SlaveAssignment.saSocialEffects = function(slave) {
 	const {His, his, him, he, girl, wife} = getPronouns(slave);
+	let netFailedElite = 0;
 
 	/** Build a social effect object
 	 * @param {FC.FutureSocietyDeco|""} FS
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ App.SlaveAssignment.saSocialEffects = function(slave) {
 						r.push(`an Elite`);
 					}
 					r.push(`child${slave.pregType > 1 ? 'ren are' : ' is'} growing within ${him}. The mark covering ${his} lower belly, coupled with ${his} gravidity and blessing, <span class="green">enamors</span> your populace.`);
-					V.failedElite -= (5 + slave.pregType);
+					netFailedElite -= (5 + slave.pregType);
 					t.push(new SocialEffect("Eugenics", 3, "Breeder carrying elite baby", r.join(' ')));
 					if (slave.abortionTat > 0) {
 						r = [];
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ App.SlaveAssignment.saSocialEffects = function(slave) {
 				if (slave.pregKnown === 1 && V.eugenicsFullControl !== 1) {
 					t.push(new SocialEffect("Eugenics", 0, "Unapproved pregnancy (ELITE WARNING)",
 						`The Societal Elite <span class="red">judge you</span> for keeping pregnant slaves. It falls to the slaveowner to deal with subhuman pregnancies and you are failing in your duties as a member of the Elite.`));
-					V.failedElite += (5 + slave.pregType);
+					netFailedElite += (5 + slave.pregType);
 				}
 			}
 			if (slave.balls > 0 && slave.pubertyXY === 1 && slave.vasectomy === 0 && slave.ballType !== "sterile") {
@@ -958,6 +959,9 @@ App.SlaveAssignment.saSocialEffects = function(slave) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		// apply elite failure
+		V.failedElite += netFailedElite;
 	}
 
 	function renderTooltip() {