diff --git a/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_generations.c b/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_generations.c
index 3e0ab6617f8f0d0d4efe25115d927ac16138080c..f0fd931e1d6cd4581717cb8d16f4fe061e0e90ad 100644
--- a/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_generations.c
+++ b/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_generations.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void bf_area_generation_update(struct cats_grid *grid, struct cats_thread_info *
         const cats_dt_coord end_col = ts->area.end_col;
 
         struct statistics *stats = &ts->stats[grid->id];
-        const cats_dt_rates ot = grid->param.OT;
+        const cats_dt_rates suit_ts = module_conf->butterfly_generations.suitability_cutoff;
 
         const int64_t egg_cells_id = module_conf->stat_ids[BF_CELLS_WITH_EGGS];
         const int64_t egg_cells_removed_id = module_conf->stat_ids[BF_CELLS_WITH_EGGS];
@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ void bf_area_generation_update(struct cats_grid *grid, struct cats_thread_info *
         for (cats_dt_coord row = start_row; row < end_row; row++) {
                 for (cats_dt_coord col = start_col; col < end_col; col++) {
 
-                        if (get_suitability(grid, row, col) < ot)
+                        if (get_suitability(grid, row, col) < suit_ts)
                         {
                                 if (data->eggs[row][col] > 0) cells_with_eggs_removed += 1;
                                 data->eggs[row][col] = 0.0f;
                                 data->generations[row][col] = 0.0f;
                                 set_population_ignore_cc(grid, row, col, 0);
-
                                 continue;
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_populations.c b/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_populations.c
index 07c3c6a1b099f7a7cba247ea7dad1c168e9790f8..161e5d53c0351a1742bfebdc875cbd131af6a038 100644
--- a/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_populations.c
+++ b/src/modules/butterflies/butterflies_populations.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void bf_cell_maturation(struct cats_grid *grid, struct cats_thread_info *ts, cat
         const int module_id = CATS_MODULE_ID;
         struct grid_data_butterflies *data = grid->grid_modules[module_id].module_data;
 
+
         if (data->eggs[row][col] == 0) return;
         if (data->eggs[row][col] < 0) {
                 log_message(LOG_ERROR, "Number of eggs < 0: row %d col %d: %f", row, col, data->eggs[row][col]);
@@ -156,8 +157,9 @@ void bf_cell_maturation(struct cats_grid *grid, struct cats_thread_info *ts, cat
         cats_dt_environment suit = get_suitability(grid, row, col);
         cats_dt_rates reproduction_rate = calculate_rate(&module_conf->reproduction_rate, NAN, &grid->param,
                                                          grid, row, col, NULL);
-        if (suit < grid->param.OT && reproduction_rate > 0) {
-                log_message(LOG_ERROR, "Suitability %f under OT %Lf, but adults per female = %Lf", suit, grid->param.OT,
+        cats_dt_rates suit_ts = module_conf->reproduction_rate.suitability_cutoff;
+        if (suit_ts < grid->param.OT && reproduction_rate > 0) {
+                log_message(LOG_ERROR, "Suitability %f under threshold %Lf, but adults per female = %Lf", suit, suit_ts,
                             reproduction_rate);
                 exit_cats(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }