diff --git a/src/aphorisms/thirty_four.clj b/src/aphorisms/thirty_four.clj
index 23ab3c6..59f47ec 100644
--- a/src/aphorisms/thirty_four.clj
+++ b/src/aphorisms/thirty_four.clj
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
                                   ;; (prn other)
                                   ;; (prn (g/dist (-> node :shape :p) (-> other :shape :p)))
                                   ;; (prn )
-                                  (> (g/dist (-> node :shape :p) (-> other :shape :p))) (+ (-> node :shape :r) (-> other :shape :r))) path))))
+                                  (>= (g/dist (-> node :shape :p) (-> other :shape :p))
+                                      (* 0.99 (+ (-> node :shape :r) (-> other :shape :r))))) path)))) ;; floating point errors?
          (first))))
 
 (comment
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
   )
 
 
-;; let's generate different paths of hyphae, each a most 50 nodes long
+;; let's generate different paths of hyphae, each at most `max-path-length` nodes long
 
 (defn make-path [quadtree]
   (when-let [seed (pick-start quadtree)]