diff --git a/src/render/Renderer.cpp b/src/render/Renderer.cpp
index 73c00409..43351eda 100644
--- a/src/render/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/render/Renderer.cpp
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ bool CHyprRenderer::applyMonitorRule(CMonitor* pMonitor, SMonitorRule* pMonitorR
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (pMonitorRule->scale != -1) {
+    if (pMonitorRule->scale > 0.1) {
         wlr_output_set_scale(pMonitor->output, pMonitorRule->scale);
         pMonitor->scale = pMonitorRule->scale;
     } else {