diff --git a/Assets/Prefabs/bolasProjectile.prefab b/Assets/Prefabs/bolasProjectile.prefab
index 9a25838..5288fd8 100644
--- a/Assets/Prefabs/bolasProjectile.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Prefabs/bolasProjectile.prefab
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   _angle: 0
   _speed: 2
   _slowIntensity: 0.25
-  _slowDuration: 10
+  _slowDuration: 5
 --- !u!1 &6962989256011107503
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Status/Slow.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Status/Slow.cs
index 6304903..098ad06 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Status/Slow.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Status/Slow.cs
@@ -1,24 +1,31 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Unity.VisualScripting.YamlDotNet.Core.Tokens;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class Slow : Status
 {
-    private float _speedModifier;
+    private float _latestSpeedModifier;
+    private float _cumulativeSpeedModifier = 1;
 
     public override void Apply(float duration)
     {
         // reset slow duration
-        _duration += duration;
+        _duration = Mathf.Max(_duration, duration);
 
         // slow entity
-        EntityLinked.SpeedStatusModifier *= _speedModifier;
+        EntityLinked.SpeedStatusModifier *= _latestSpeedModifier;
+
+        // store cumulative speed modifier to revert it later
+        _cumulativeSpeedModifier *= _latestSpeedModifier;
     }
 
     public override void Unapply()
     {
         // bring entity to normal speed
-        EntityLinked.SpeedStatusModifier /= _speedModifier;
+        Debug.Log(EntityLinked.SpeedStatusModifier);
+        EntityLinked.SpeedStatusModifier /= _cumulativeSpeedModifier;
+        Debug.Log(EntityLinked.SpeedStatusModifier);
 
         // stop effect
         Destroy(this);
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ public class Slow : Status
     /// Example: An intensity of 0.99 multiplies the entity's speed by 0.01 (which would result in a really low speed)
     /// </summary>
     public float Intensity { 
-        get => 1 - _speedModifier;
-        set => _speedModifier = _speedModifier == 0 ? 1 - value : _speedModifier + (1 - _speedModifier) * value; 
+        get => 1 - _latestSpeedModifier;
+        set => _latestSpeedModifier = 1 - value; 
     }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/StatusHandler.cs b/Assets/Scripts/StatusHandler.cs
index a8f7a9e..6b948ea 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/StatusHandler.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/StatusHandler.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ public class StatusHandler : MonoBehaviour
     private Status GetStatus(Enum.StatusType type)
     {
         Status status;
+
+        // check if status already exists
         activeStatuses.TryGetValue(Enum.StatusType.Slow, out status);
+
+        // if status doesn't exist, create it
         if (!status)
         {
             switch (type)
@@ -33,8 +37,12 @@ public class StatusHandler : MonoBehaviour
                     break;
                 default: break;
             }
+            activeStatuses.Add(type, status);
         }
+
+        // link entity to status
         status.EntityLinked = _entityLinked;
+
         return status;
     }