diff --git a/mods/WORLD/pyutest_mapgen/api.lua b/mods/WORLD/pyutest_mapgen/api.lua
index 21eb578..3b417ca 100644
--- a/mods/WORLD/pyutest_mapgen/api.lua
+++ b/mods/WORLD/pyutest_mapgen/api.lua
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PyuTest.MOUNTAIN_STRIP_NOISE_PARAMS = {
 
 PyuTest.OVERWORLD_BIOME_TOPS = {
   lowland = 10,
-  normal = 100,
+  normal = 200,
   highlands = 1000,
   skyland = 31000,
 }
diff --git a/mods/WORLD/pyutest_overworld/biomes.lua b/mods/WORLD/pyutest_overworld/biomes.lua
index 4e7777e..eb743b9 100644
--- a/mods/WORLD/pyutest_overworld/biomes.lua
+++ b/mods/WORLD/pyutest_overworld/biomes.lua
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PyuTest.register_overworld_biome("Desert", PyuTest.BIOME_TYPES.HOT, {
   node_filler = "pyutest_blocks:sandstone_block",
   node_riverbed = "pyutest_blocks:sand_block",
 
-  y_max = PyuTest.OVERWORLD_BIOME_TOPS.highlands,
+  y_max = PyuTest.OVERWORLD_BIOME_TOPS.normal,
   y_min = PyuTest.OVERWORLD_SURFACE_BOTTOM,
 
   heat_point = 80,