diff --git a/Content.Server/Construction/Components/WelderRefinableComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Construction/Components/WelderRefinableComponent.cs
index ed37d6f74b..daded8565e 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Construction/Components/WelderRefinableComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Construction/Components/WelderRefinableComponent.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public sealed partial class WelderRefinableComponent : Component
     public float RefineTime = 2f;
 
     [DataField]
-    public float RefineFuel;
+    public float RefineFuel = 3f; // WD ahead of wizden upstream
 
     [DataField]
     public ProtoId<ToolQualityPrototype> QualityNeeded = "Welding";