diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizer.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizer.java
index 6736d3198..73ae5a7d5 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizer.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizer.java
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ public class ProfileOrganizer {
             if (profile.getIsFailing() || (!profile.getIsActive()))
                 continue;
         
+            // dont bother trying to make sense of things below the baseline
+            if (profile.getCapacityValue() <= CapacityCalculator.GROWTH_FACTOR)
+                continue;
+            
             totalCapacity += profile.getCapacityValue();
             totalIntegration += profile.getIntegrationValue();
             reordered.add(profile);