diff --git a/himbaechel/uarch/gatemate/gatemate.cc b/himbaechel/uarch/gatemate/gatemate.cc
index 3f85211e..66048883 100644
--- a/himbaechel/uarch/gatemate/gatemate.cc
+++ b/himbaechel/uarch/gatemate/gatemate.cc
@@ -1083,8 +1083,8 @@ void GateMateImpl::configurePlacerStatic(PlacerStaticCfg &cfg)
 void GateMateImpl::configureRouter2(Router2Cfg &cfg) {
     cfg.get_base_cost = [](Context *ctx, WireId wire, PipId pip, float crit_weight) {
         float delay_cost = ctx->getDelayNS(ctx->getPipDelay(pip).maxDelay() + ctx->getWireDelay(wire).maxDelay() + ctx->getDelayEpsilon());
-        const float rr_cost = 0.5f; // fundamental cost of using a routing resource
-        return delay_cost + rr_cost * (1.0f - crit_weight);
+        const float rr_cost = 0.1f; // fundamental cost of using a routing resource
+        return delay_cost + rr_cost * crit_weight;
         // return delay_cost;
     };
 }