diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_life.dm
index b1aa99b34b0..67ac118cb07 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_life.dm
@@ -767,19 +767,19 @@
 	if(reagents.has_reagent("formaldehyde")) //embalming fluid stops decay
 		return
 
-	if(decaytime <= 6000) //10 minutes for decaylevel1 -- stinky
+	if(decaytime <= 8 MINUTES) 
 		return
 
-	if(decaytime > 6000 && decaytime <= 12000)//20 minutes for decaylevel2 -- bloated and very stinky
+	if(decaytime > 8 MINUTES)
 		decaylevel = 1
 
-	if(decaytime > 12000 && decaytime <= 18000)//30 minutes for decaylevel3 -- rotting and gross
+	if(decaytime > 16 MINUTES)
 		decaylevel = 2
 
-	if(decaytime > 18000 && decaytime <= 27000)//45 minutes for decaylevel4 -- skeleton
+	if(decaytime > 24 MINUTES)
 		decaylevel = 3
 
-	if(decaytime > 27000)
+	if(decaytime > 45 MINUTES)
 		decaylevel = 4
 		makeSkeleton()
 		return //No puking over skeletons, they don't smell at all!
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm
index 185f8255b2f..1215957fba8 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm
@@ -923,12 +923,12 @@
 					M.adjustFireLoss(rand(0, 15))
 					if(ishuman(M))
 						var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
+						var/necrosis_prob = 15 * H.decaylevel
 						H.decaylevel = 0
-						var/necrosis_prob = 40 * min((20 MINUTES), max((time_dead - (1 MINUTES)), 0)) / ((20 MINUTES) - (1 MINUTES))
 						for(var/obj/item/organ/O in (H.bodyparts | H.internal_organs))
 							// Per non-vital body part:
-							// 0% chance of necrosis within 1 minute of death
-							// 40% chance of necrosis after 20 minutes of death
+							// 15% * H.decaylevel (1 to 4) 
+							// Min of 0%, Max of 60%
 							if(prob(necrosis_prob) && !O.is_robotic() && !O.vital)
 								// side effects may include: Organ failure
 								O.necrotize(FALSE)