diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 3681d1be5..c65288115 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -676,7 +676,8 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
   }
 
   structureMinDist(): number {
-    return 12;
+    // TODO: Increase this to ~15 once upgradable structures are implemented.
+    return 1;
   }
 
   shellLifetime(): number {