diff --git a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs
index cdce90b..cb11f26 100644
--- a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs
+++ b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class Config
 
     [ProtoMember(54)]
     [ConfigCommand(serverSide: true, Min = 0, Max = 70)]
-    public int SwarmPopulationPercentageWhenNoBeehivesAvailable { get; set; } = 5;
+    public int SwarmPopulationPercentageWhenNoBeehivesAvailable { get; set; } = 0;
 
     [ProtoMember(52)]
     [ConfigCommand(serverSide: true, Min = 1, Max = 30)]
diff --git a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json
index 9d640f6..4f67cb7 100644
--- a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json
+++ b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json
@@ -288,6 +288,16 @@
                 "max": 70
             }
         },
+        {
+            "code": "SwarmPopulationPercentageWhenNoBeehivesAvailable",
+            "comment": "config-desc-SwarmPopulationPercentageWhenNoBeehivesAvailable",
+            "type": "int",
+            "default": 0,
+            "range": {
+                "min": 0,
+                "max": 70
+            }
+        },
         {
             "code": "SwarmCooldownDays",
             "comment": "config-desc-SwarmCooldownDays",
diff --git a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/lang/en.json b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/lang/en.json
index cb0fd0f..0e5398f 100644
--- a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/lang/en.json
+++ b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/lang/en.json
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     "config-desc-BeehiveConsideredEmptyBelowPopulation": "A beehive is eligible to receive incoming swarms while its population stays below this value.",
     "config-desc-PopulationPercentRequirementForSwarm": "Population percent of MaxBeePopulation required before a beehive can start a swarm.",
     "config-desc-SwarmPopulationPercentage": "Percent of a beehive's population that leaves to form a swarm.",
+    "config-desc-SwarmPopulationPercentageWhenNoBeehivesAvailable": "How much of the population should swarm if there are no candidate homes detected nearby. If 0, it will just reset the swarm cooldown.",
     "config-desc-SwarmCooldownDays": "Days a beehive must wait after starting a swarm before it can start another one.",
     "config-desc-SwarmReturnToOriginOnFailedMigrationPercent": "Percent of swarm bees that return to the origin hive when the swarm fails to find a new hive.",
     "config-desc-BaseDeathsPerDay": "Number of bees that die per day regardless of anything.",