diff --git a/app/services/simulations/__tests__/cs-major-simulator.test.ts b/app/services/simulations/__tests__/cs-major-simulator.test.ts
index 1e6e6d5..8320bdd 100644
--- a/app/services/simulations/__tests__/cs-major-simulator.test.ts
+++ b/app/services/simulations/__tests__/cs-major-simulator.test.ts
@@ -512,13 +512,14 @@ describe("not-participating exclusion (CS2)", () => {
 
     let dominantWinsWithFull = 0;
     let dominantWinsWithReduced = 0;
+    const firstPlaceQP = qpConfig.get(1) ?? 0;
 
     for (let i = 0; i < TRIALS; i++) {
       const fullResult = simulateOneMajor(allPool, undefined, qpConfig);
-      if ((fullResult.get(dominantTeam.id) ?? 0) === qpConfig.get(1)!) dominantWinsWithFull++;
+      if ((fullResult.get(dominantTeam.id) ?? 0) === firstPlaceQP) dominantWinsWithFull++;
 
       const reducedResult = simulateOneMajor(reducedPool, undefined, qpConfig);
-      if ((reducedResult.get(dominantTeam.id) ?? 0) === qpConfig.get(1)!) dominantWinsWithReduced++;
+      if ((reducedResult.get(dominantTeam.id) ?? 0) === firstPlaceQP) dominantWinsWithReduced++;
     }
 
     // Dominant team (Elo 5000 vs 1500) wins nearly every sampled major