diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
index dc44f61d91..c04abed29f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 			var/their_slowdown = max(H.calculate_item_encumbrance(), 1)
 			item_tally = max(item_tally, their_slowdown) // If our slowdown is less than theirs, then we become as slow as them (before species modifires).
 
+	item_tally /= 2 //VOREStation Add
 	item_tally *= species.item_slowdown_mod
 
 	. += item_tally