diff --git a/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl b/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl
index 1f07f7957d7c4d778ab5cffddd0f412344f0b26c..e74b1118617507b4004fe79d0a4e0329a5c8e4d4 100644
--- a/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl
+++ b/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace corsika {
           return Intersections();
         }
 
-        if (gyroradius > 100 * trackDist) {
+        if (gyroradius > 1000 * trackDist) {
           // the bending is negligible, use straight intersections instead
           return tracking_line::Tracking::intersect(particle, sphere);
         }