diff --git a/lib/game/components/controlled_ball.dart b/lib/game/components/controlled_ball.dart
index 0e37ed7f..1981e39c 100644
--- a/lib/game/components/controlled_ball.dart
+++ b/lib/game/components/controlled_ball.dart
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class LaunchedBallController extends BallController
   void onNewState(GameState state) {
     super.onNewState(state);
     component.shouldRemove = true;
-    if (state.balls >= 1) gameRef.spawnBall();
+    if (state.balls > 0) gameRef.spawnBall();
   }
 
   /// Removes the [Ball] from a [PinballGame]; spawning a new [Ball] if