diff --git a/scripts/microbe_stage/microbe_operations.as b/scripts/microbe_stage/microbe_operations.as
index 805d48507fc..12b4c062871 100644
--- a/scripts/microbe_stage/microbe_operations.as
+++ b/scripts/microbe_stage/microbe_operations.as
@@ -932,7 +932,8 @@ ObjectID spawnBacteria(CellStageWorld@ world, Float3 pos, const string &in speci
 void _applyMicrobeCollisionShape(CellStageWorld@ world, Physics@ rigidBody,
     MicrobeComponent@ microbeComponent, PhysicsShape@ shape)
 {
-    float mass = 0.f;
+    // This compensates for the lack of a nucleus for the player cell at the beginning and makes eukaryotes alot heavier.
+    float mass = 0.7f;
 
     // Organelles
     for(uint i = 0; i < microbeComponent.organelles.length(); ++i){
diff --git a/scripts/microbe_stage/organelle_table.as b/scripts/microbe_stage/organelle_table.as
index 735f37ae4de..ce6f7476133 100644
--- a/scripts/microbe_stage/organelle_table.as
+++ b/scripts/microbe_stage/organelle_table.as
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void setupOrganelles(){
     // Cytoplasm
     auto cytoplasmParameters = OrganelleParameters("cytoplasm");
 
-    cytoplasmParameters.mass = 0.7;
+    cytoplasmParameters.mass = 0.1;
     cytoplasmParameters.gene = "Y";
     cytoplasmParameters.mesh = ""; //it's an empty hex
     cytoplasmParameters.chanceToCreate = 1;