diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/cluster-debug.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/cluster-debug.tsx
index a8d41150ae..d1a5fb923e 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/cluster-debug.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/cluster-debug.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default function ClusterDebug() {
             minScore: 0.8,
             minClusterSize: 2,
             joinThreshold: 0.7,
-            earlyExitThreshold: 0.2,
+            earlyExitThreshold: 0.8,
             batchSize: 10000,
             lookbackSize: 2500,
         },
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster.ts
index fe559ae8ba..954ee226f6 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/cluster.ts
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ const clusterLinear = (
 
                     // If we've found something "near enough", stop looking for a
                     // better match. This speeds up clustering.
-                    if (earlyExitThreshold > 0 && csim < earlyExitThreshold)
+                    if (earlyExitThreshold > 0 && csim > earlyExitThreshold)
                         break;
                 }
             }