diff --git a/code/modules/power/singularity/singularity.dm b/code/modules/power/singularity/singularity.dm
index f1360de5323..eca41d6eb2b 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/singularity/singularity.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/singularity/singularity.dm
@@ -431,11 +431,12 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_BOILERPLATE(all_singularities, /obj/singularity)
 			to_chat(M, "<span class=\"danger\">You hear an uneartly ringing, then what sounds like a shrilling kettle as you are washed with a wave of heat.</span>")
 			to_chat(M, "<span class=\"danger\">You don't even have a moment to react as you are reduced to ashes by the intense radiation.</span>")
 			M.dust()
-	radiation_pulse(src, energy, RAD_FALLOFF_ENGINE_SINGULARITY)
+	radiation_pulse(src, energy * 10, RAD_FALLOFF_ENGINE_SINGULARITY)
 
 /obj/singularity/proc/pulse()
 	//! if you hit super you eat shit from 50k :^)
-	radiation_pulse(src, clamp(energy, 0, 50000))
+	// stage 3 is around 10,000 at epicenter
+	radiation_pulse(src, clamp(energy * 10, 0, 50000))
 
 /obj/singularity/proc/on_capture()
 	chained = 1