diff --git a/Ja2/GameSettings.cpp b/Ja2/GameSettings.cpp
index 2010e8517..9a0553990 100644
--- a/Ja2/GameSettings.cpp
+++ b/Ja2/GameSettings.cpp
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ void LoadSkillTraitsExternalSettings()
 	gSkillTraitValues.ubNumberOfMajorTraitsAllowed = iniReader.ReadInteger( "Generic Traits Settings", "NUMBER_OF_MAJOR_TRAITS_ALLOWED", 3, 2, gSkillTraitValues.ubMaxNumberOfTraits - 1);
 
 	gSkillTraitValues.ubMaxNumberOfTraitsForIMP = iniReader.ReadInteger("Generic Traits Settings","MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRAITS_FOR_IMP", 3, 2, 30);
-	gSkillTraitValues.ubNumberOfMajorTraitsAllowedForIMP = iniReader.ReadInteger( "Generic Traits Settings", "NUMBER_OF_MAJOR_TRAITS_ALLOWED_FOR_IMP", 2, 2, min( gSkillTraitValues.ubNumberOfMajorTraitsAllowed, gSkillTraitValues.ubMaxNumberOfTraitsForIMP - 1 ) );
+	gSkillTraitValues.ubNumberOfMajorTraitsAllowedForIMP = iniReader.ReadInteger( "Generic Traits Settings", "NUMBER_OF_MAJOR_TRAITS_ALLOWED_FOR_IMP", 2, 2, min( gSkillTraitValues.ubNumberOfMajorTraitsAllowed, gSkillTraitValues.ubMaxNumberOfTraitsForIMP ) );
 
 	// Allow an exception in number of traits for Special Merc?
 	//gSkillTraitValues.fAllowSpecialMercTraitsException = iniReader.ReadBoolean("Generic Traits Settings","ALLOW_EXCEPTION_FOR_SPECIAL_MERC", TRUE);