diff --git a/qbsp/qbsp.h b/qbsp/qbsp.h
index 4ff340a0..18a536e4 100644
--- a/qbsp/qbsp.h
+++ b/qbsp/qbsp.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 #define T_EPSILON               0.0002
 #define CONTINUOUS_EPSILON      0.0005
 
-#define BOGUS_RANGE     18000
+#define BOGUS_RANGE     (1000*1000)
 
 // the exact bounding box of the brushes is expanded some for the headnode
 // volume.  is this still needed?
diff --git a/qbsp/winding.c b/qbsp/winding.c
index 925e3fe1..f779bb52 100644
--- a/qbsp/winding.c
+++ b/qbsp/winding.c
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ BaseWindingForPlane(const plane_t *p)
 
     CrossProduct(vup, p->normal, vright);
 
-    VectorScale(vup, 8192, vup);
-    VectorScale(vright, 8192, vright);
+    VectorScale(vup, BOGUS_RANGE, vup);
+    VectorScale(vright, BOGUS_RANGE, vright);
 
     // project a really big axis aligned box onto the plane
     w = AllocMem(WINDING, 4, true);