diff --git a/src/entities/shared_systems/pathfinding.rs b/src/entities/shared_systems/pathfinding.rs
index d94ff09..ee32237 100644
--- a/src/entities/shared_systems/pathfinding.rs
+++ b/src/entities/shared_systems/pathfinding.rs
@@ -596,8 +596,10 @@ pub fn movement(
                 if ambulatory.path_index < path.len() {
                     let next_point = path[ambulatory.path_index];
 
-                    let current_crowded = occupancy.count_at(transform.translation) > 2;
-                    let occupied = !current_crowded && occupancy.count_at(next_point) > 1;
+                    let current_count = occupancy.count_at(transform.translation);
+                    let next_count = occupancy.count_at(next_point);
+                    let current_crowded = current_count > 3;
+                    let occupied = !current_crowded && next_count > current_count;
                     if occupied {
                         let move_dir = next_point - transform.translation;
                         if move_dir.length_squared() > 0.0 {