diff --git a/code/ZAS/Variable Settings.dm b/code/ZAS/Variable Settings.dm
index 52615bed3a8..a66f80adf01 100644
--- a/code/ZAS/Variable Settings.dm	
+++ b/code/ZAS/Variable Settings.dm	
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var/global/vs_control/vsc = new
 	var/fire_firelevel_multiplier_DESC = "Multiplied by the equation for firelevel, affects mainly the extingiushing of fires."
 
 //	var/fire_fuel_energy_release = 397000
-	var/fire_fuel_energy_release = 250000
+	var/fire_fuel_energy_release = 300000
 	var/fire_fuel_energy_release_NAME = "Fire - Fuel energy release"
 	var/fire_fuel_energy_release_DESC = "The energy in joule released when burning one mol of a burnable substance"