diff --git a/ChaosBot/Discord/Services/ExperienceHandler.cs b/ChaosBot/Discord/Services/ExperienceHandler.cs
index 9efa6a1..15a8552 100644
--- a/ChaosBot/Discord/Services/ExperienceHandler.cs
+++ b/ChaosBot/Discord/Services/ExperienceHandler.cs
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ namespace ChaosBot.Discord.Services
                             usrNewXp.DiscordGuildId = context.Guild.Id;
                             usrNewXp.DiscordUserId = context.User.Id;
                             usrNewXp.LastUpdated = DateTime.Now;
-                            usrNewXp.Level = await checkLevel(usrNewXp, context);
+                            usrNewXp.Level = usrNewXp.Level;
+
+                            ulong newLevel = await checkLevel(usrNewXp, context);
+                            
+                            if(newLevel > usrNewXp.Level)
+                                usrNewXp.Level = newLevel;
 
                             await dbContext.ExperiencePoints.Upsert(usrNewXp)
                                 .On(x => new {x.DiscordGuildId, x.DiscordUserId}).RunAsync();
-                        }                    }
+                        }
+                    }
                     else
                     {
                         usrNewXp = new Experience();
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ namespace ChaosBot.Discord.Services
                         usrNewXp.DiscordGuildId = context.Guild.Id;
                         usrNewXp.DiscordUserId = context.User.Id;
                         usrNewXp.LastUpdated = DateTime.Now;
+                        usrNewXp.Level = 0;
                     
                         await dbContext.ExperiencePoints.Upsert(usrNewXp)
                             .On(x => new { x.DiscordGuildId, x.DiscordUserId}).RunAsync();
@@ -71,9 +78,9 @@ namespace ChaosBot.Discord.Services
             
             try
             {
-              ulong nextLevelXP = 6 * (usrExperience.Level / 2) + 48 * usrExperience.Level + 123;
+              ulong nextLevelXP = 5 * (usrExperience.Level ^ 2) + 50 * usrExperience.Level + 100;
 
-              if (usrExperience.Amount >= nextLevelXP)
+              if (usrExperience.Amount > nextLevelXP)
               {
                   curLevel = usrExperience.Level + 1;
                   string ConfigSet = ConfigurationRepository.GetValue<string>("LevelUp:Channel", usrExperience.DiscordGuildId, "false");