diff --git a/interface/src/Hand.cpp b/interface/src/Hand.cpp
index 9ba98c8e12..157f0ee38e 100644
--- a/interface/src/Hand.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Hand.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void Hand::simulate(float deltaTime)
     const float LINEAR_SPRING_CONSTANT = 500;
     const float LINEAR_DAMPING_COEFFICIENT = 2.0*powf(LINEAR_SPRING_CONSTANT,0.5);
     const float RNOISE = 0.1;
-    const float VDECAY = 5.0;
 
     //  If noise, add a bit of random velocity
     if (noise) {
diff --git a/interface/src/main.cpp b/interface/src/main.cpp
index e6901a2829..5f372e5065 100644
--- a/interface/src/main.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/main.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void simulateHand(float deltaTime) {
     if (mouse_pressed == 1)
     {
         //  Add a velocity to the hand corresponding to the detected size of the drag vector
-        const float MOUSE_HAND_FORCE = 3.0;
+        const float MOUSE_HAND_FORCE = 1.5;
         float dx = mouse_x - mouse_start_x;
         float dy = mouse_y - mouse_start_y;
         glm::vec3 vel(dx*MOUSE_HAND_FORCE, -dy*MOUSE_HAND_FORCE*(WIDTH/HEIGHT), 0);