diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.cpp
index b9654aa0f0..39680d1059 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.cpp
@@ -113,18 +113,20 @@ void TCPVegasCC::performCongestionAvoidance(udt::SequenceNumber ack) {
     // (though congestion may be noticed a bit later)
     int rtt = _currentMinRTT;
 
-    int expectedWindowSize = _congestionWindowSize * _baseRTT / rtt;
     int windowSizeDiff = _congestionWindowSize * (rtt - _baseRTT) / _baseRTT;
 
-    qDebug() << "BRTT:" << _baseRTT << "CRTT:" << _currentMinRTT;
+    qDebug() << "BRTT:" << _baseRTT << "CRTT:" << _currentMinRTT << "ERTT:" << _ewmaRTT;
     qDebug() << "D:" << windowSizeDiff;
 
-
     if (_slowStart) {
         if (windowSizeDiff > VEGAS_GAMMA_SEGMENTS) {
             // we're going too fast - this breaks us out of slow start and we switch to linear increase/decrease
             _slowStart = false;
 
+             int expectedWindowSize = _congestionWindowSize * _baseRTT / rtt;
+
+            qDebug() << "EWS:" << expectedWindowSize;
+
             // drop the congestion window size to the expected size, if smaller
             _congestionWindowSize = std::min(_congestionWindowSize, expectedWindowSize + 1);
             
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.h
index a1145ddd3d..d7d884fc4b 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/TCPVegasCC.h
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ private:
     int _currentMinRTT { 0x7FFFFFFF }; // Current RTT, in microseconds
     int _baseRTT { 0x7FFFFFFF }; // Lowest RTT during connection, in microseconds
     int _numRTT { 0 }; // Number of RTT collected during last RTT
-    int _ewmaRTT { 0 }; // Exponential weighted moving average RTT
-    int _rttVariance { 0 }; // Variance in collected RTT values
+    int _ewmaRTT { 100000 }; // Exponential weighted moving average RTT
+    int _rttVariance { 50000 }; // Variance in collected RTT values
 
     int _slowStartOddAdjust { 0 }; // Marker for every window adjustment every other RTT in slow-start