diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
index 66c12adc72..0fdfbaca1c 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(bloody_footprints_cache)
 #define BLOODY_FOOTPRINT_BASE_ALPHA	150
 #define BLOOD_GAIN_PER_STEP			100
 #define BLOOD_LOSS_PER_STEP			5
+#define BLOOD_LOSS_IN_SPREAD		20
 #define BLOOD_FADEOUT_TIME			2
 
 //Bloody shoe blood states
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
index 4fba96df58..51de0c2d91 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@
 						return
 					else
 						//No oldFP or it's a different kind of blood
-						S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] = max(0, S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state]-BLOOD_LOSS_PER_STEP)
-						var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/FP = new /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints(T)
-						FP.blood_state = S.blood_state
-						FP.entered_dirs |= dir
-						FP.bloodiness = S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state]
-						if(S.blood_DNA && S.blood_DNA.len)
-							FP.transfer_blood_dna(S.blood_DNA)
-						FP.update_icon()
+						S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] = max(0, S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] - BLOOD_LOSS_PER_STEP)
+						if (S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] > BLOOD_LOSS_IN_SPREAD)
+							var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/FP = new /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints(T)
+							FP.blood_state = S.blood_state
+							FP.entered_dirs |= dir
+							FP.bloodiness = S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] - BLOOD_LOSS_IN_SPREAD
+							if(S.blood_DNA && S.blood_DNA.len)
+								FP.transfer_blood_dna(S.blood_DNA)
+							FP.update_icon()
 						update_inv_shoes()
 				//End bloody footprints