diff --git a/code/game/machinery/floodlight.dm b/code/game/machinery/floodlight.dm
index 2d57ebfd89..d71b060bb0 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/floodlight.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/floodlight.dm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	var/use = 5
 	var/unlocked = 0
 	var/open = 0
-	var/brightness_on = 999		//can't remember what the maxed out value is
+	var/brightness_on = 8		//can't remember what the maxed out value is
 
 /obj/machinery/floodlight/New()
 	src.cell = new(src)