diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 62cbad4e5..51f64c7d9 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -671,7 +671,8 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
   }
 
   structureMinDist(): number {
-    return 12;
+    // TODO: Increase this to ~15 once upgradable structures are implemented.
+    return 1;
   }
 
   shellLifetime(): number {