diff --git a/da_detector.py b/da_detector.py
index 26a99f4..0bfbcea 100755
--- a/da_detector.py
+++ b/da_detector.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class da_detector:
 		if len(probabilities) == 0:
 			raise ValueError("empty list, bailing")
 		# a pretty good bogus probability is a one close™ reasonably to zero
-		return [0.000000123 if n is None else n for n in probabilities]
+		return [0.000000001 if n is None else n for n in probabilities]
 
 	# return proper probabilities for multiple languages
 	def gimme_probabs_multi_lang(