diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/heart.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/heart.dm
index 0f9017fbc6..8e4caab436 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/heart.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/heart.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	slot = ORGAN_SLOT_HEART
 
 	healing_factor = STANDARD_ORGAN_HEALING
-	decay_factor = 4 * STANDARD_ORGAN_DECAY		//designed to fail about 5 minutes after death
+	decay_factor = 3 * STANDARD_ORGAN_DECAY		//designed to fail about 5 minutes after death
 
 	low_threshold_passed = "<span class='info'>Prickles of pain appear then die out from within your chest...</span>"
 	high_threshold_passed = "<span class='warning'>Something inside your chest hurts, and the pain isn't subsiding. You notice yourself breathing far faster than before.</span>"