diff --git a/src/effect_fire.cpp b/src/effect_fire.cpp
index d58f382..8ff840f 100644
--- a/src/effect_fire.cpp
+++ b/src/effect_fire.cpp
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ void FireEffect::propagate() {
 		int index = y*LED_WIDTH + x;
 		uint8_t below_index = (y-1)*LED_WIDTH + x;
 		if (x==0) {
-			this->data[index] = scale8(this->data[below_index], 170) + scale8(this->data[below_index+1], 85);
+			this->data[index] = scale8(this->data[below_index], 128) + scale8(this->data[below_index+1], 64);
 		} else if (x==LED_WIDTH-1) {
-			this->data[index] = scale8(this->data[below_index], 170) + scale8(this->data[below_index-1], 85);
+			this->data[index] = scale8(this->data[below_index], 128) + scale8(this->data[below_index-1], 64);
 		} else {
-			this->data[index] = scale8(this->data[below_index], 128) + scale8(this->data[below_index-1], 64) + scale8(this->data[below_index+1], 64);
+			this->data[index] = scale8(this->data[below_index], 128) + scale8(this->data[below_index-1], 32) + scale8(this->data[below_index+1], 32);
 		}
 	}
 }