diff --git a/tools/WebhookProcessor/github_webhook_processor.php b/tools/WebhookProcessor/github_webhook_processor.php
index a42cd54117..29e381b704 100644
--- a/tools/WebhookProcessor/github_webhook_processor.php
+++ b/tools/WebhookProcessor/github_webhook_processor.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $path_to_script = 'tools/WebhookProcessor/github_webhook_processor.php';
 $tracked_branch = "master";
 $trackPRBalance = true;
 $prBalanceJson = '';
-$startingPRBalance = 3;
+$startingPRBalance = 5;
 $maintainer_team_id = 133041;
 $validation = "org";
 $validation_count = 1;
diff --git a/tools/WebhookProcessor/secret.php b/tools/WebhookProcessor/secret.php
index 93c9b318f6..7d763c3d6c 100644
--- a/tools/WebhookProcessor/secret.php
+++ b/tools/WebhookProcessor/secret.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $tracked_branch = "master";
 
 $trackPRBalance = true;	//set this to false to disable PR balance tracking
 $prBalanceJson = '';	//Set this to the path you'd like the writable pr balance file to be stored, not setting it writes it to the working directory
-$startingPRBalance = 3;	//Starting balance for never before seen users
+$startingPRBalance = 5;	//Starting balance for never before seen users
 //team 133041: tgstation/commit-access
 $maintainer_team_id = 133041;	//org team id that is exempt from PR balance system, setting this to null will use anyone with write access to the repo. Get from https://api.github.com/orgs/:org/teams