diff --git a/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs b/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs
index 3d8b08aeb..cfcf0ec36 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs
+++ b/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs
@@ -1811,13 +1811,13 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                                 Some(v) => match v.parse::<i32>() {
                                     Ok(factor)
                                         if (crate::app::settings::ZOOM_FACTOR_MIN
-                                            ..=crate::app::settings::ZOOM_FACTOR_SYSVAR_MAX)
+                                            ..=crate::app::settings::ZOOM_FACTOR_MAX)
                                             .contains(&factor) =>
                                     {
                                         self.zoom_factor = factor;
                                         Ok((format!("ZOOMFACTOR = {factor}"), true))
                                     }
-                                    _ => Err("SETVAR: integer from 3 to 100 required.".into()),
+                                    _ => Err("SETVAR: integer from 3 to 500 required.".into()),
                                 },
                                 None => {
                                     Ok((format!("ZOOMFACTOR = {}", self.zoom_factor), false))
@@ -3608,19 +3608,15 @@ mod tests {
     fn setvar_zoomfactor_keeps_the_range_of_the_system_variable() {
         let mut app = fresh_app();
 
-        let _ = app.run_command_line("SETVAR ZOOMFACTOR 100");
-        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 100);
+        let _ = app.run_command_line("SETVAR ZOOMFACTOR 500");
+        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 500);
 
-        let _ = app.run_command_line("SETVAR ZOOMFACTOR 101");
-        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 100, "101 is not a value the variable takes");
+        let _ = app.run_command_line("SETVAR ZOOMFACTOR 501");
+        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 500, "501 is not a value the variable takes");
 
         let _ = app.run_command_line("SETVAR ZOOMFACTOR 2");
-        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 100, "and neither is 2");
+        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 500, "and neither is 2");
 
-        // What the Options field reached is still reported here, and the
-        // command line can still set any value the variable does have.
-        let _ = app.update(crate::app::Message::ZoomFactorInputChanged("250".into()));
-        assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 250);
         let _ = app.run_command_line("SETVAR ZOOMFACTOR 60");
         assert_eq!(app.zoom_factor, 60);
     }