diff --git a/lib/js8/js8dec.f90 b/lib/js8/js8dec.f90
index 33fd051..0598092 100644
--- a/lib/js8/js8dec.f90
+++ b/lib/js8/js8dec.f90
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ subroutine js8dec(dd0,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly,   &
         xsnr=10.0*log10(xsnr)-27.0
         xsnr2=db(xsig/xbase - 1.0) - 32.0
         if(.not.nagain) xsnr=xsnr2
-        if(xsnr .lt. -24.0) xsnr=-24.0
+        if(xsnr .lt. -28.0) xsnr=-28.0
 
         msg37=origmsg//'               '