diff --git a/src/complexagent.rs b/src/complexagent.rs
index 11b470f..4774107 100644
--- a/src/complexagent.rs
+++ b/src/complexagent.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ pub struct ComplexAgent {
 impl ComplexAgent {
     pub const fn new(color: Piece) -> Self {
         const CONFIG: FutureMoveConfig = FutureMoveConfig {
-            max_depth: 10,
+            max_depth: 13,
             min_arena_depth_sub: 3,
             top_k_children: 2,
-            up_to_minus: 4,
+            up_to_minus: 3,
             max_arena_size: 10_000_000,
         };
         Self {
diff --git a/src/logic/future_moves.rs b/src/logic/future_moves.rs
index 6e7f7c2..5521e59 100644
--- a/src/logic/future_moves.rs
+++ b/src/logic/future_moves.rs
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ impl FutureMoves {
             !self.agent_color,
             self.agent_color,
         ));
+        // because we have to regenerate root from a [`Board`]
+        // we need to reset the current_depth (fixes `skip_move_recovery`)
+        self.current_depth = 0;
+
         self.set_root_idx_raw(0);
     }
 
@@ -557,7 +561,7 @@ mod tests {
             board: Board::new(),
             winner: Winner::None,
             parent: None,
-            children: vec![1],
+            children: vec![],
             value: None,
             self_value: 0,
             color: Piece::Black,
@@ -638,8 +642,9 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// tests whether or not FutureMoves can recover from multiple skips and then manually regenerating the arena
     #[test]
-    fn best_move_failure() {
+    fn skip_move_recovery() {
         let mut futm = FutureMoves::new(Piece::Black, FUTURE_MOVES_CONFIG);
         let mut board = Board::new().starting_pos();