diff --git a/Assets/Resources/Games/meatGrinder.prefab b/Assets/Resources/Games/meatGrinder.prefab
index c0c274f12..7b4e41fc7 100644
--- a/Assets/Resources/Games/meatGrinder.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Resources/Games/meatGrinder.prefab
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Transform:
   m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
   m_GameObject: {fileID: 344575782839395223}
   m_LocalRotation: {x: -0, y: -0, z: -0, w: 1}
-  m_LocalPosition: {x: -25, y: 4, z: 0}
+  m_LocalPosition: {x: -25, y: 2.81, z: 0}
   m_LocalScale: {x: 1, y: 1, z: 1}
   m_ConstrainProportionsScale: 0
   m_Children: []
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ Transform:
   m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
   m_GameObject: {fileID: 5367660552507315250}
   m_LocalRotation: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 1}
-  m_LocalPosition: {x: 2.63, y: -0.77, z: 0}
+  m_LocalPosition: {x: 2.67, y: -0.77, z: 0}
   m_LocalScale: {x: 1, y: 1, z: 1}
   m_ConstrainProportionsScale: 0
   m_Children: []
@@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@ ParticleSystem:
     startLifetime:
       serializedVersion: 2
       minMaxState: 0
-      scalar: 5
+      scalar: 0.6
       minScalar: 5
       maxCurve:
         serializedVersion: 2
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ ParticleSystem:
       countCurve:
         serializedVersion: 2
         minMaxState: 0
-        scalar: 10
+        scalar: 5
         minScalar: 30
         maxCurve:
           serializedVersion: 2
@@ -3085,13 +3085,13 @@ ParticleSystem:
           inWeight: 0
           outWeight: 0.67731327
         - serializedVersion: 3
-          time: 0.19609144
+          time: 1
           value: 0
-          inSlope: -12.338608
-          outSlope: -12.338608
+          inSlope: -3.0356529
+          outSlope: -3.0356529
           tangentMode: 0
           weightedMode: 0
-          inWeight: 0.18219988
+          inWeight: 0.1632253
           outWeight: 0
         m_PreInfinity: 2
         m_PostInfinity: 2
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/Meat.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/Meat.cs
index 6a1db786b..12ee5de5b 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/Meat.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/Meat.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ using HeavenStudio.Util;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace HeavenStudio.Games.Scripts_MeatGrinder
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ namespace HeavenStudio.Games.Scripts_MeatGrinder
             SoundByte.PlayOneShotGame("meatGrinder/" + (isBarely ? "tink" : "meatHit"));
             game.TackAnim.DoScaledAnimationAsync("TackHit" + (isBarely ? "Barely" : "Success"), 0.5f);
 
-            
             (float rangeStart, float rangeEnd) = meatType switch { // im not good enough at math to figure out how to make this an equation
                 MeatType.DarkMeat => (0, 0.333f),
                 MeatType.LightMeat => (0.334f, 0.666f),
@@ -113,7 +111,8 @@ namespace HeavenStudio.Games.Scripts_MeatGrinder
             };
             var sheetAnim = game.MeatSplash.textureSheetAnimation;
             sheetAnim.frameOverTime = new ParticleSystem.MinMaxCurve(rangeStart, rangeEnd);
-            
+
+            // has a probability of zero normally so it's not played with Play() but this exposes it to the editor
             int amount = (int)game.MeatSplash.emission.GetBurst(0).count.constant;
             game.MeatSplash.Emit(new ParticleSystem.EmitParams(), amount);
 
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/MeatGrinder.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/MeatGrinder.cs
index f526c1da6..5a011ee13 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/MeatGrinder.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Games/MeatGrinder/MeatGrinder.cs
@@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ namespace HeavenStudio.Games
 
             CartGuyParentAnim.gameObject.SetActive(cartEase.length != 0);
 
-            // Debug.Log("isPlaying : " + cond.isPlaying);
-            // Debug.Log("isPaused : " + cond.isPaused);
-            // Debug.Log("NotStopped : " + cond.NotStopped());
             if (cond.isPlaying && !cond.isPaused) {
                 foreach (Transform gear in Gears) {
                     double newZ = Time.deltaTime * currentGearSpeed * 50 * (gear.name == "Big" ? -1 : 1) / cond.pitchedSecPerBeat;
@@ -420,7 +417,7 @@ namespace HeavenStudio.Games
         public void StartInterval(double beat, float length, double gameSwitchBeat, bool autoPassTurn)
         {
             List<BeatAction.Action> actions = new() {
-                new(beat - 1, delegate { BossAnim.DoScaledAnimationFromBeatAsync("BossSignal", 0.5f, beat - 1); }),
+                new(beat - 1, delegate { if (Conductor.instance.songPositionInBeatsAsDouble < beat) BossAnim.DoScaledAnimationFromBeatAsync("BossSignal", 0.5f, beat - 1); }),
             };
 
             var allCallEvents = GetRelevantMeatCallsBetweenBeat(beat, beat + length);