diff --git a/satellite/console/service.go b/satellite/console/service.go
index 014eb6b9c..196e46d3d 100644
--- a/satellite/console/service.go
+++ b/satellite/console/service.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LoginAttemptsWithoutPenalty int           `help:"number of times user can try to login without penalty" default:"3"`
 	FailedLoginPenalty          float64       `help:"incremental duration of penalty for failed login attempts in minutes" default:"2.0"`
 	ProjectInvitationExpiration time.Duration `help:"duration that project member invitations are valid for" default:"168h"`
-	UserBalanceForUpgrade       int64         `help:"amount of base units of US micro dollars needed to upgrade user's tier status'" default:"100000"`
+	UserBalanceForUpgrade       int64         `help:"amount of base units of US micro dollars needed to upgrade user's tier status" default:"10000000"`
 	UsageLimits                 UsageLimitsConfig
 	Captcha                     CaptchaConfig
 	Session                     SessionConfig
diff --git a/satellite/payments/billing/chore_test.go b/satellite/payments/billing/chore_test.go
index 22914c0a0..b5f100a99 100644
--- a/satellite/payments/billing/chore_test.go
+++ b/satellite/payments/billing/chore_test.go
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ func TestChore_UpgradeUserObserver(t *testing.T) {
 			billing.ObserverUpgradeUser: console.NewUpgradeUserObserver(db.Console(), db.Billing(), sat.Config.Console.UsageLimits, sat.Config.Console.UserBalanceForUpgrade),
 		}
 
-		amount1 := int64(2) // $2
-		amount2 := int64(8) // $8
+		amount1 := int64(200) // $2
+		amount2 := int64(800) // $8
 		transaction1 := makeFakeTransaction(user.ID, billing.StorjScanSource, billing.TransactionTypeCredit, amount1, ts, `{"fake": "transaction1"}`)
 		transaction2 := makeFakeTransaction(user.ID, billing.StorjScanSource, billing.TransactionTypeCredit, amount2, ts.Add(time.Second*2), `{"fake": "transaction2"}`)
 		paymentTypes := []billing.PaymentType{
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestChore_UpgradeUserObserver(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		defer ctx.Check(chore.Close)
 
-		t.Run("user not upgraded", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("user upgrade status", func(t *testing.T) {
 			chore.TransactionCycle.Pause()
 			chore.TransactionCycle.TriggerWait()
 			chore.TransactionCycle.Pause()
@@ -213,16 +213,13 @@ func TestChore_UpgradeUserObserver(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, usageLimitsConfig.Bandwidth.Free, *p.BandwidthLimit)
 				require.Equal(t, usageLimitsConfig.Segment.Free, *p.SegmentLimit)
 			}
-		})
 
-		t.Run("user upgraded", func(t *testing.T) {
-			chore.TransactionCycle.Pause()
 			chore.TransactionCycle.TriggerWait()
 			chore.TransactionCycle.Pause()
 
-			balance, err := db.Billing().GetBalance(ctx, user.ID)
+			balance, err = db.Billing().GetBalance(ctx, user.ID)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			expected := currency.AmountFromBaseUnits((amount1+amount2)*int64(10000), currency.USDollarsMicro)
+			expected = currency.AmountFromBaseUnits((amount1+amount2)*int64(10000), currency.USDollarsMicro)
 			require.True(t, expected.Equal(balance))
 
 			user, err = db.Console().Users().Get(ctx, user.ID)
@@ -233,7 +230,7 @@ func TestChore_UpgradeUserObserver(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Equal(t, usageLimitsConfig.Segment.Paid, user.ProjectSegmentLimit)
 			require.Equal(t, usageLimitsConfig.Project.Paid, user.ProjectLimit)
 
-			projects, err := db.Console().Projects().GetOwn(ctx, user.ID)
+			projects, err = db.Console().Projects().GetOwn(ctx, user.ID)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			for _, p := range projects {
diff --git a/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock b/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock
index e7c05f32c..14ff6750b 100755
--- a/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock
+++ b/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ compensation.withheld-percents: 75,75,75,50,50,50,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0
 # whether to use vuetify POC project
 # console.use-vuetify-project: false
 
-# amount of base units of US micro dollars needed to upgrade user's tier status'
-# console.user-balance-for-upgrade: 100000
+# amount of base units of US micro dollars needed to upgrade user's tier status
+# console.user-balance-for-upgrade: 10000000
 
 # whether to load templates on each request
 # console.watch: false