diff --git a/route_sql/scale_vupd.sql b/route_sql/scale_vupd.sql
index 59ade9d..0042a2c 100644
--- a/route_sql/scale_vupd.sql
+++ b/route_sql/scale_vupd.sql
@@ -358,9 +358,11 @@ target AS (select target_vol vincr, target_prc pincr)
         (SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) incr
         ,(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume) base
         ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
+            --if the base value is -0- scaling will not work, need to generate price, factor goes to -0-
             0
         ELSE
-            (SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target)/(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume) 
+            --if the target $amount is not achieved, adjust further
+            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target)-(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume)
         END factor
         ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
             CASE WHEN ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum(fb_val_loc * r_rate) FROM volume)) <> 0 THEN