diff --git a/code/setup.dm b/code/setup.dm
index fc18265a97..397c0bf11b 100644
--- a/code/setup.dm
+++ b/code/setup.dm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 // Factor of how fast mob nutrition decreases
 #define	HUNGER_FACTOR 0.05
-#define	REAGENTS_METABOLISM 0.02
+#define	REAGENTS_METABOLISM 0.04
 // By defining the effect multiplier this way, it'll exactly adjust
 // all effects according to how they originally were with the 0.4 metabolism
 #define REAGENTS_EFFECT_MULTIPLIER REAGENTS_METABOLISM / 0.4