diff --git a/data/mods/desert_region/desert_regional_map_settings.json b/data/mods/desert_region/desert_regional_map_settings.json
index 573be0f005db6..6255f0946d65f 100644
--- a/data/mods/desert_region/desert_regional_map_settings.json
+++ b/data/mods/desert_region/desert_regional_map_settings.json
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "id": "default",
     "default_oter": "desert",
     "default_groundcover": [ [ "t_searth_test", 4 ], [ "t_sand", 1 ] ],
-    "river_scale": 0.2,
+    "river_scale": 0.0,
     "field_coverage": {
       "percent_coverage": 0.1333,
       "default_ter": "t_shrub",
       "other": {
-        "f_cactus": 12.3333,
+        "t_cactus": 12.3333,
         "t_tree_young": 0.2,
         "t_tree": 0.1,
         "t_tree_birch": 0.05,
diff --git a/data/mods/desert_region/desert_special_locations.json b/data/mods/desert_region/desert_special_locations.json
index 3ff96f74f894e..2655a1f57cc71 100644
--- a/data/mods/desert_region/desert_special_locations.json
+++ b/data/mods/desert_region/desert_special_locations.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   {
     "type": "overmap_location",
     "id": "desert",
-    "terrains": [ "field" ]
+    "terrains": [ "desert" ]
   },
   {
     "type": "overmap_location",
diff --git a/data/mods/desert_region/modinfo.json b/data/mods/desert_region/modinfo.json
index f33d4725b9687..dbf94c445f49a 100644
--- a/data/mods/desert_region/modinfo.json
+++ b/data/mods/desert_region/modinfo.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "ident": "desertpack",
     "name": "Desert Region",
     "authors": [ "Dpwb", "DracoGriffin" ],
-    "description": "Nondescript desert set in the Cataclysm universe.",
+    "description": "A testbed/WIP mod to showcase regional_map_settings JSON changes.",
     "category": "content",
     "dependencies": [ "dda" ],
     "version": "0.1",