diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/CapacityCalculator.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/CapacityCalculator.java
index fcb22de12c764d10fe35205d7b87a9cb8d2648af..ceb234c466b6f1bd99fda60e40ca15e8c422492c 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/CapacityCalculator.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/CapacityCalculator.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class CapacityCalculator {
     // crappy peers start at 1 and the base is 5.
     private static final double BONUS_NEW = 0.85;
     private static final double BONUS_ESTABLISHED = 0.65;
-    private static final double BONUS_SAME_COUNTRY = 0.45;
+    private static final double BONUS_SAME_COUNTRY = 0.25;
     private static final double BONUS_XOR = .25;
     private static final double PENALTY_UNREACHABLE = 2;