diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
index d9b97385b6..f8420a3323 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ const float ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_ANIMATION_FPS = 30.0f;
 const quint32 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_MAX_PARTICLES = 1000;
 const float ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_LIFESPAN = 3.0f;
 const float ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_EMIT_RATE = 15.0f;
-const glm::vec3 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_EMIT_VELOCITY(0.0f, 10.0f, 0.0f);
-const glm::vec3 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_VELOCITY_SPREAD(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+const glm::vec3 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_EMIT_VELOCITY(0.0f, 5.0f, 0.0f);
+const glm::vec3 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_VELOCITY_SPREAD(3.0f, 0.0f, 3.0f);
 const glm::vec3 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_EMIT_ACCELERATION(0.0f, -9.8f, 0.0f);
 const glm::vec3 ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_ACCELERATION_SPREAD(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 const float ParticleEffectEntityItem::DEFAULT_PARTICLE_RADIUS = 0.025f;