diff --git a/src/laws.c b/src/laws.c
index 69f2e90fe..4689d21d1 100755
--- a/src/laws.c
+++ b/src/laws.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ void immigration(void)
 {
     region *r;
     log_info(" - Einwanderung...");
-    int repopulate=get_param_int(global.parameters, "rules.economy.repopulate", 1);
+    int repopulate=get_param_int(global.parameters, "rules.economy.repopulate_maximum", 90);
     for (r = regions; r; r = r->next) {
         if (r->land && r->land->newpeasants) {
             int rp = rpeasants(r) + r->land->newpeasants;
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ void immigration(void)
         /* Genereate some (0-2 to 0-6 depending on the income) peasants out of nothing */
         /*if less then 50 are in the region and there is space and no monster or deamon units in the region */
         int peasants = rpeasants(r);
-        if (repopulate && r->land && (peasants < 50) && maxworkingpeasants(r) > (peasants+30)*2)
+        if (repopulate && r->land && (peasants < repopulate) && maxworkingpeasants(r) > (peasants+30)*2)
         {
             int badunit = 0;
             unit *u;