diff --git a/pynars/Config.py b/pynars/Config.py
index f11189e..6774d95 100644
--- a/pynars/Config.py
+++ b/pynars/Config.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Config:
     n_sequence_attempts = 10
     n_op_condition_attempts = 10
 
-    projection_decay = 0.1
+    projection_decay = 1000
     Td_decision_threshold = 0.51
 
     # what this value represents was originally equal to the termlink record length (10), but we may want to adjust it or make it scaled according to duration since it has more to do with time than # of records.  it can probably be increased several times larger since each item should remain in the recording queue for longer than 1 cycle