diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index 46d9eba2..60275381 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	var/jobs_have_minimal_access = 0	//determines whether jobs use minimal access or expanded access.
 
 	var/cult_ghostwriter = 1               //Allows ghosts to write in blood in cult rounds...
-	var/cult_ghostwriter_req_cultists = 10 //...so long as this many cultists are active.
+	var/cult_ghostwriter_req_cultists = 3 //...so long as this many cultists are active.
 
 	var/disable_player_mice = 0
 	var/uneducated_mice = 0 //Set to 1 to prevent newly-spawned mice from understanding human speech