diff --git a/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.cpp b/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.cpp
index f357081f..cf95070b 100644
--- a/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Payout_manager::Payout_manager(
 	, m_http_interface{ http_interface}
 	, m_shared_data_writer{ shared_data_writer }
 	, m_data_reader{ data_reader }
+	, m_current_avg_block_reward{0.0}
 {
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ double Payout_manager::calculate_reward_of_blocks(std::uint32_t round, bool& cal
 		return 0.0;
 	}
 
-	double current_avg_block_reward = 0.0;
 	for (auto& block : blocks)
 	{
 		// all blocks which already have a reward for this round are filtered out
@@ -65,19 +65,14 @@ double Payout_manager::calculate_reward_of_blocks(std::uint32_t round, bool& cal
 
 
 		// check for ambassador blocks (blocks with very high mint which isn't credited to the pool)
-		if (reward_data.m_reward > 100.0)
+		if (reward_data.m_reward > 50.0)
 		{
-			if (current_avg_block_reward == 0.0)
-			{
-				current_avg_block_reward = 2.0;		// TODO get this value dynamically from wallet
-			}
-
-			m_logger->warn("Ambassador block found with height {}. Cutting down block reward to {}", block.m_height, current_avg_block_reward);
-			reward_data.m_reward = current_avg_block_reward;
+			m_logger->warn("Ambassador block found with height {}. Cutting down block reward to {}", block.m_height, m_current_avg_block_reward);
+			reward_data.m_reward = m_current_avg_block_reward;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			current_avg_block_reward = reward_data.m_reward;
+			m_current_avg_block_reward = reward_data.m_reward;
 		}
 
 		// update block in db
diff --git a/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.hpp b/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.hpp
index d02e963d..d944328d 100644
--- a/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.hpp
+++ b/src/reward/src/reward/payout_manager.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Payout_manager
     persistance::Shared_data_writer& m_shared_data_writer;
     persistance::Data_reader& m_data_reader;
     std::uint32_t m_not_fully_paid_round;
+    double m_current_avg_block_reward;
 };
 
 }