diff --git a/api/src/consts.rs b/api/src/consts.rs
index 6658a27..e45eabc 100644
--- a/api/src/consts.rs
+++ b/api/src/consts.rs
@@ -2,25 +2,23 @@ use array_const_fn_init::array_const_fn_init;
 use const_crypto::ed25519;
 use solana_program::{pubkey, pubkey::Pubkey};
 
-/// The admin allowed to initialize the program.
-pub const ADMIN: Pubkey = pubkey!("HBUh9g46wk2X89CvaNN15UmsznP59rh6od1h8JwYAopk");
+/// The authority allowed to initialize the program.
+pub const INITIALIZER_ADDRESS: Pubkey = pubkey!("HBUh9g46wk2X89CvaNN15UmsznP59rh6od1h8JwYAopk");
 
-/// The reward rate to intialize the program with.
-pub const INITIAL_BASE_REWARD_RATE: u64 = 2u64.pow(25); // 10u64.pow(3u32);
+/// The base reward rate to intialize the program with.
+pub const INITIAL_BASE_REWARD_RATE: u64 = 2u64.pow(6);
 
-/// The minimum threshold for the base reward rate, at which point the min difficulty should be increased
-// TODO 2^8 (0.00000000256)
-pub const BASE_REWARD_RATE_MIN_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2u64.pow(24);
+/// The minimum allowed base reward rate, at which point the min difficulty should be increased
+pub const BASE_REWARD_RATE_MIN_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2u64.pow(5);
 
-/// The maximum threshold for the base reward rate, at which point the min difficulty should be decreased.
-// TODO 2^32 (0.04294967296)
-pub const BASE_REWARD_RATE_MAX_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2u64.pow(26);
+/// The maximum allowed base reward rate, at which point the min difficulty should be decreased.
+pub const BASE_REWARD_RATE_MAX_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2u64.pow(8);
 
 /// The spam/liveness tolerance in seconds.
 pub const TOLERANCE: i64 = 5;
 
 /// The minimum difficulty to initialize the program with.
-pub const INITIAL_MIN_DIFFICULTY: u32 = 0; // 8;
+pub const INITIAL_MIN_DIFFICULTY: u32 = 8;
 
 /// The decimal precision of the ORE token.
 /// There are 100 billion indivisible units per ORE (called "grains").
diff --git a/program/src/initialize.rs b/program/src/initialize.rs
index 510f467..b85aca5 100644
--- a/program/src/initialize.rs
+++ b/program/src/initialize.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub fn process_initialize<'a, 'info>(
     load_sysvar(rent_sysvar, sysvar::rent::id())?;
 
     // Check signer
-    if signer.key.ne(&ADMIN) {
+    if signer.key.ne(&INITIALIZER_ADDRESS) {
         return Err(ProgramError::MissingRequiredSignature);
     }
 
diff --git a/program/src/reset.rs b/program/src/reset.rs
index e19eb80..7c53c57 100644
--- a/program/src/reset.rs
+++ b/program/src/reset.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     use crate::calculate_new_reward_rate;
     use ore_api::consts::{
-        BUS_EPOCH_REWARDS, MAX_EPOCH_REWARDS, SMOOTHING_FACTOR, TARGET_EPOCH_REWARDS,
+        BASE_REWARD_RATE_MIN_THRESHOLD, BUS_EPOCH_REWARDS, MAX_EPOCH_REWARDS, SMOOTHING_FACTOR,
+        TARGET_EPOCH_REWARDS,
     };
 
     const FUZZ_SIZE: u64 = 10_000;
@@ -209,6 +210,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(new_rate.lt(&current_rate));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_calculate_new_reward_rate_lower_edge() {
+        let current_rate = BASE_REWARD_RATE_MIN_THRESHOLD;
+        let new_rate = calculate_new_reward_rate(current_rate, TARGET_EPOCH_REWARDS + 1);
+        assert!(new_rate.lt(&current_rate));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_calculate_new_reward_rate_lower_fuzz() {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();