diff --git a/raw/scripts/mp/_patches.gsc b/raw/scripts/mp/_patches.gsc
index 0063269..8caa969 100644
--- a/raw/scripts/mp/_patches.gsc
+++ b/raw/scripts/mp/_patches.gsc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ init_stub()
     level.scoreinfo = [];
     level.xpscale = getdvarint( "scr_xpscale" );
 
-    level.xpscale = max( level.xpscale, 0 );
+    level.xpscale = max( level.xpscale, 1 );
     level.ranktable = [];
     level.weaponranktable = [];
     precacheshader( "white" );