diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index 834754e228..acf5696d65 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -2829,8 +2829,10 @@ void RayToAvatarIntersectionResultFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& object, Ra
     value.extraInfo = object.property("extraInfo").toVariant().toMap();
 }
 
+// these coefficients can be changed via JS for experimental tuning
+// use AvatatManager.setAvatarSortCoefficient("name", value) by a user with domain kick-rights
 float AvatarData::_avatarSortCoefficientSize { 8.0f };
-float AvatarData::_avatarSortCoefficientCenter { 4.0f };
+float AvatarData::_avatarSortCoefficientCenter { 0.25f };
 float AvatarData::_avatarSortCoefficientAge { 1.0f };
 
 QScriptValue AvatarEntityMapToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, const AvatarEntityMap& value) {