# max buffer units change

**URL:** https://forum.beeminder.com/t/max-buffer-units-change/1655
**Category:** Bugabee
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/max-buffer-units-change/1655 "2015-11-26T14:47:52Z")
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#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/max-buffer-units-change/1655/2 "2015-11-26T17:41:31Z")

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Hi Gal

Yes, it was this week, and no, it’s not universal.

Your **do more** (and other) goals still have both retro-ratchet and max-buffer settings in days. But ratcheting **do less** goals less likely to do the ‘right’ thing when, and the fix turned out to be to change the setting to be in buffer units.

This means, for instance, that I can specify on my drink-less goal that I don’t want more than, say, 5 drinks of safety buffer, without worrying about the relation to a changing slope.

I couldn’t find the announcement in a quick search, but there’s at least one very happy user:

> [@Thanks, guys, for the new/improved...](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/thanks-guys-for-the-new-improved/1652/1):
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> Thanks for fixing the retro-ratchet on the do-less goals! It now works perfectly, allows us to use “max units” as the buffer, and makes clear that this is what’s being used in the dialogues. Loving this fix!

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