diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/lesserform.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/lesserform.dm
index 62fa60e2b974..c3dfd72a9e30 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/lesserform.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/lesserform.dm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	desc = "We debase ourselves and become lesser. We become a monkey. Costs 5 chemicals."
 	helptext = "The transformation greatly reduces our size, allowing us to slip out of cuffs and climb through vents."
 	button_icon_state = "lesser_form"
-	chemical_cost = 20 // monkestation edit
+	chemical_cost = 18 // monkestation edit
 	dna_cost = 1
 	/// Whether to allow the transformation animation to play
 	var/transform_instantly = FALSE
diff --git a/code/modules/unit_tests/lesserform.dm b/code/modules/unit_tests/lesserform.dm
index 690db2183e42..a719b11dc523 100644
--- a/code/modules/unit_tests/lesserform.dm
+++ b/code/modules/unit_tests/lesserform.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	changeling.mind_initialize()
 	var/datum/mind/mind = changeling.mind
 	var/datum/antagonist/changeling/changeling_datum = mind.add_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/changeling)
-	changeling_datum.adjust_chemicals(10000) // We don't care about how many chemicals they have
+	changeling_datum.adjust_chemicals(INFINITY) // We don't care about how many chemicals they have
 	var/datum/action/changeling/lesserform/transform_ability = new(changeling)
 	transform_ability.transform_instantly = TRUE
 	transform_ability.Grant(changeling)