diff --git a/code/tcp-server/omnibot_controller.py b/code/tcp-server/omnibot_controller.py
index 2184949d47a2bf6b50e3181f03dac154fac081af..9a4d899083eae3cc72001d8078a3819808fc0c44 100644
--- a/code/tcp-server/omnibot_controller.py
+++ b/code/tcp-server/omnibot_controller.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     r = 0.028*0.45/18 # Wheel radius. Has been fudge-factored because the actual velocity of the wheels did not align with the set-points.
 
     
-    vel_factor = 4 # Fudge factor that changes the relative velocity of the bot
+    vel_factor = 5 # Fudge factor that changes the relative velocity of the bot
     
     def phidot(xdot,ang):
         """Returns reference velocities for the wheels, given current system state and reference velocities"""
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         no_error = True
         while state.on and no_error:
             t0 = time()
-            
+
             # Get gamepad updates.
             # Use some scaling to turn the controller state values into
             # reasonable velocities.