diff --git a/x/incentives/keeper/msg_server_test.go b/x/incentives/keeper/msg_server_test.go
index 577d344ce..90fe903e5 100644
--- a/x/incentives/keeper/msg_server_test.go
+++ b/x/incentives/keeper/msg_server_test.go
@@ -29,103 +29,103 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestCreateGauge() {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:                 "user creates a non-perpetual gauge and fills gauge with all remaining tokens",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(60)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(10)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(6)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "user creates a non-perpetual gauge and fills gauge with some remaining tokens",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(10)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(7)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "user with multiple denoms creates a non-perpetual gauge and fills gauge with some remaining tokens",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70))), sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(10)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(7))), sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(7)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
 		},
 		{
-			name: "user tries to create a non-perpetual gauge but includes too many denoms so does not have enough funds to pay fees",
+			name: "user tries to create a non-perpetual gauge but includes too many denoms so does not have enough funds to pay fees - 1",
 			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(
-				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(40))), // 40 >= 20 (adym) + 10 (creation fee) + 10 (for every denom) = 40
-				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(40))), // 40 >= 2 (adym) + 1 (creation fee) + 1 (for every denom) = 4
+				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
 			),
 			gaugeAddition: sdk.NewCoins(
-				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
 			),
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "module account creates a perpetual gauge and fills gauge with some remaining tokens",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70))), sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(10)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(7))), sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
 			isPerpetual:          true,
 			isModuleAccount:      true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "user with multiple denoms creates a perpetual gauge and fills gauge with some remaining tokens",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70))), sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(10)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(7))), sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(70)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
 			isPerpetual:          true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "user tries to create a non-perpetual gauge but does not have enough funds to pay for the create gauge fee",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(5)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(5))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(1))),
 			expectErr:            true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "user tries to create a non-perpetual gauge but does not have the correct fee denom",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(60)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(10)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(6)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("foo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(1)))),
 			expectErr:            true,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "user tries to create a non-perpetual gauge but includes too many denoms so does not have enough funds to pay fees",
+			name: "user tries to create a non-perpetual gauge but includes too many denoms so does not have enough funds to pay fees - 2",
 			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(
-				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(39))), // 39 < 20 (adym) + 10 (creation fee) + 10 (for every denom) = 40
-				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(3))), // 3 < 2 (adym) + 1 (creation fee) + 1 (for every denom) = 4
+				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
 			),
 			gaugeAddition: sdk.NewCoins(
-				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
-				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("osmo", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("atom", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("abcd", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("efgh", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("igkl", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("mnop", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("qrst", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("uvwx", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
+				sdk.NewCoin("yzzz", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2))),
 			),
 			expectErr: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "one user tries to create a gauge, has enough funds to pay for the create gauge fee but not enough to fill the gauge",
-			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(20)))),
-			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(30)))),
+			accountBalanceToFund: sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(2)))),
+			gaugeAddition:        sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", types.DYM.Mul(sdk.NewInt(3)))),
 			expectErr:            true,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/x/incentives/types/constants.go b/x/incentives/types/constants.go
index 8cdda02a4..fbd407d6d 100644
--- a/x/incentives/types/constants.go
+++ b/x/incentives/types/constants.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var (
 	// DYM represents 1 DYM
 	DYM = math.NewIntWithDecimal(1, 18)
 
-	DefaultCreateGaugeFee = DYM.MulRaw(1)  // 10 DYM
+	DefaultCreateGaugeFee = DYM.MulRaw(1)  // 1 DYM
 	DefaultAddToGaugeFee  = math.ZeroInt() // 0 DYM
 	DefaultAddDenomFee    = DYM            // 1 DYM
 )