diff --git a/lib/ft8/ft8b.f90 b/lib/ft8/ft8b.f90
index b92bde34c..4b9a8adba 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/ft8b.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/ft8b.f90
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ subroutine ft8b(dd0,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,nzhsym,lapon,     &
      if(.not.nagain) then
        xsnr=xsnr2
     endif
-    if(nsync.le.7 .and. xsnr.lt.-24.0) then    !bail out, likely false decode
+    if(nsync.le.9 .and. xsnr.lt.-25.0) then    !bail out, likely false decode
        nbadcrc=1
        return
     endif