diff --git a/api/src/consts.rs b/api/src/consts.rs
index 9f4ef08..f1ff62c 100644
--- a/api/src/consts.rs
+++ b/api/src/consts.rs
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ use solana_program::{pubkey, pubkey::Pubkey};
 pub const ADMIN: Pubkey = pubkey!("HBUh9g46wk2X89CvaNN15UmsznP59rh6od1h8JwYAopk");
 
 /// The base reward rate to intialize the program with.
-pub const INITIAL_BASE_REWARD_RATE: u64 = 2u64.pow(10);
+pub const INITIAL_BASE_REWARD_RATE: u64 = 2u64.pow(6);
 
 /// The minimum allowed base reward rate, at which point the min difficulty should be increased
-pub const BASE_REWARD_RATE_MIN_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2;
+pub const BASE_REWARD_RATE_MIN_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2u64.pow(5);
 
 /// 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(24);
+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;
+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/mine.rs b/program/src/mine.rs
index 758b19c..b5f7a3c 100644
--- a/program/src/mine.rs
+++ b/program/src/mine.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub fn process_mine<'a, 'info>(
     // If user has greater than or equal to the max stake on the network, they receive 2x multiplier.
     // Any stake less than this will receives between 1x and 2x multipler. The multipler is only active
     // if the miner's last stake deposit was more than one minute ago.
-    if config.max_stake.gt(&0) 
+    if config.top_staker_balance.gt(&0)
         && proof.balance.gt(&0)
         && proof.last_stake_at.saturating_add(ONE_MINUTE).le(&t)
     {
diff --git a/program/src/reset.rs b/program/src/reset.rs
index 63c0754..35b1a87 100644
--- a/program/src/reset.rs
+++ b/program/src/reset.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ 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;
@@ -201,6 +202,13 @@ 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();