diff --git a/Content.Server/ParticleAccelerator/EntitySystems/ParticleAcceleratorSystem.ControlBox.cs b/Content.Server/ParticleAccelerator/EntitySystems/ParticleAcceleratorSystem.ControlBox.cs
index f3cff9f2e7..80f398c0a7 100644
--- a/Content.Server/ParticleAccelerator/EntitySystems/ParticleAcceleratorSystem.ControlBox.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/ParticleAccelerator/EntitySystems/ParticleAcceleratorSystem.ControlBox.cs
@@ -159,11 +159,10 @@ public sealed partial class ParticleAcceleratorSystem
             var impact = strength switch
             {
                 ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Standby => LogImpact.Low,
-                ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level0 => LogImpact.Medium,
-                ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level1 => LogImpact.High,
-                ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level2
-                or ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level3
-                or _ => LogImpact.Extreme,
+                ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level0
+                    or ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level1
+                    or ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level2 => LogImpact.Medium,
+                ParticleAcceleratorPowerState.Level3 => LogImpact.Extreme,
             };
 
             _adminLogger.Add(LogType.Action, impact, $"{ToPrettyString(player):player} has set the strength of {ToPrettyString(uid)} to {strength}");
diff --git a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
index 2ae5c6bd5b..f3025f326a 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.CCVar
         ///     Minimum particle accelerator strength to create an admin alert message.
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly CVarDef<int> AdminAlertParticleAcceleratorMinPowerState =
-            CVarDef.Create("admin.alert.particle_accelerator_min_power_state", 3, CVar.SERVERONLY);
+            CVarDef.Create("admin.alert.particle_accelerator_min_power_state", 5, CVar.SERVERONLY); // strength 4
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Should the ban details in admin channel include PII? (IP, HWID, etc)