diff --git a/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml b/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml
index 010fd81059d843bd15316058188bf3ce0062d9b0..8f9ac4d5b6ffdb64e09e1ff9aa0a6f8ce37f8755 100644
--- a/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml
+++ b/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DWAPlannerROS:
   controller_frequency: 20.0 # defines the sim_period
 
 # Trajectory scoring parameters
-  path_distance_bias: 200.0
+  path_distance_bias: 50.0
   goal_distance_bias: 10.0
   occdist_scale: 0.05
   twirling_scale: 0.0