diff --git a/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/Components/GasVentPumpComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/Components/GasVentPumpComponent.cs
index 74d945a0b6..32cf1cac6f 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/Components/GasVentPumpComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/Components/GasVentPumpComponent.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Atmos.Piping.Unary.Components
         /// </summary>
         [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
         [DataField("underPressureLockoutThreshold")]
-        public float UnderPressureLockoutThreshold = 2;
+        public float UnderPressureLockoutThreshold = 60; // this must be tuned in conjunction with atmos.mmos_spacing_speed
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Pressure locked vents still leak a little (leading to eventual pressurization of sealed sections)
diff --git a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
index ef62b25031..925ef818a8 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.CCVar
         ///     1.0 for instant spacing, 0.2 means 20% of remaining air lost each time
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly CVarDef<float> AtmosSpacingEscapeRatio =
-            CVarDef.Create("atmos.mmos_spacing_speed", 0.05f, CVar.SERVERONLY);
+            CVarDef.Create("atmos.mmos_spacing_speed", 0.15f, CVar.SERVERONLY);
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Minimum amount of air allowed on a spaced tile before it is reset to 0 immediately in kPa