diff --git a/_maps/configs/independent_beluga.json b/_maps/configs/independent_beluga.json
index 6d7926a8e845..0449bc3a8cae 100644
--- a/_maps/configs/independent_beluga.json
+++ b/_maps/configs/independent_beluga.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		"Service"
 	],
 	"starting_funds": 4000,
-	"limit": 2,
+	"limit": 1,
 	"job_slots": {
 		"Captain": {
 			"outfit": "/datum/outfit/job/independent/captain",
diff --git a/_maps/configs/independent_mudskipper.json b/_maps/configs/independent_mudskipper.json
index 9f4cf32e0cf8..6119b39865d0 100644
--- a/_maps/configs/independent_mudskipper.json
+++ b/_maps/configs/independent_mudskipper.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		"SPACE"
 	],
 	"map_path": "_maps/shuttles/independent/independent_mudskipper.dmm",
-	"limit": 2,
+	"limit": 1,
 	"starting_funds": 1500,
 	"job_slots": {
 		"Salvage Leader": {
diff --git a/_maps/configs/independent_schmiedeberg.json b/_maps/configs/independent_schmiedeberg.json
index d7dd360bb1e4..e9cffc680320 100644
--- a/_maps/configs/independent_schmiedeberg.json
+++ b/_maps/configs/independent_schmiedeberg.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		"SUNS",
 		"GENERAL"
 	],
-	"limit": 2,
+	"limit": 1,
 	"job_slots": {
 		"Chief Pharmacist": {
 			"outfit": "/datum/outfit/job/independent/cmo/pharma",
diff --git a/_maps/configs/nanotrasen_gecko.json b/_maps/configs/nanotrasen_gecko.json
index 9ba0672f03db..01568c3c1d53 100644
--- a/_maps/configs/nanotrasen_gecko.json
+++ b/_maps/configs/nanotrasen_gecko.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		"Mining",
 		"Engineering"
 	],
-	"limit": 2,
+	"limit": 1,
 	"starting_funds": 5000,
 	"job_slots": {
 		"Captain": {
diff --git a/_maps/example_ship_config.json b/_maps/example_ship_config.json
index 7c34d7bc6841..0f4129fa3d5d 100644
--- a/_maps/example_ship_config.json
+++ b/_maps/example_ship_config.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	"prefix": "STSV",
 	"namelists": ["GENERAL", "SPACE", "MYTHOLOGICAL", "WEAPONS"],
 	"map_path": "_maps/shuttles/shiptest/null.dmm",
-	"limit": 2,
+	"limit": 1,
 	"spawn_time_coeff": 1.5,
 	"officer_time_coeff": 0.5,
 	"job_slots": {
diff --git a/_maps/ship_config_schema.json b/_maps/ship_config_schema.json
index 2afd8e065170..4c29f272413d 100644
--- a/_maps/ship_config_schema.json
+++ b/_maps/ship_config_schema.json
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 			"description": "The amount of ships that can be spawned in by players in a round at once.",
 			"minimum": 0,
 			"maximum": 100,
-			"default": 2
+			"default": 1
 		},
 		"starting_funds":{
 			"title": "Ship Starting Funds",