diff --git a/src/mesh/Default.h b/src/mesh/Default.h
index 208f992c8..fd3f10668 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Default.h
+++ b/src/mesh/Default.h
@@ -61,12 +61,17 @@ class Default
                 throttlingFactor = 0.04;
             else if (config.lora.use_preset && config.lora.modem_preset == meshtastic_Config_LoRaConfig_ModemPreset_MEDIUM_FAST)
                 throttlingFactor = 0.02;
-            else if (config.lora.use_preset && config.lora.modem_preset == meshtastic_Config_LoRaConfig_ModemPreset_SHORT_SLOW)
-                throttlingFactor = 0.01;
             else if (config.lora.use_preset &&
                      IS_ONE_OF(config.lora.modem_preset, meshtastic_Config_LoRaConfig_ModemPreset_SHORT_FAST,
-                               meshtastic_Config_LoRaConfig_ModemPreset_SHORT_TURBO))
-                return 1.0; // Don't bother throttling for highest bandwidth presets
+                               meshtastic_Config_LoRaConfig_ModemPreset_SHORT_TURBO,
+                               meshtastic_Config_LoRaConfig_ModemPreset_SHORT_SLOW))
+                throttlingFactor = 0.01;
+
+#if USERPREFS_EVENT_MODE
+            // If we are in event mode, scale down the throttling factor
+            throttlingFactor = 0.04;
+#endif
+
             // Scaling up traffic based on number of nodes over 40
             int nodesOverForty = (numOnlineNodes - 40);
             return 1.0 + (nodesOverForty * throttlingFactor); // Each number of online node scales by 0.075 (default)