diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index a770ea2..d4ecfad 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Version: 0.2.18
+Date: 2024-1-20
+  Changes:
+    - Capped the animation speed of all mining drills to stop them from spazzing out at one zillion% speed when given beacons.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version: 0.2.17
 Date: 2024-1-19
   Changes:
diff --git a/data-final-fixes.lua b/data-final-fixes.lua
index 7157778..0da334f 100644
--- a/data-final-fixes.lua
+++ b/data-final-fixes.lua
@@ -340,3 +340,25 @@ end
 if type(data.data_crawler) == 'string' and string.sub(data.data_crawler, 1, 5) == 'yafc ' then
     require('prototypes/yafc')
 end
+
+-- force mining drill speed to not increase with speed modules
+for _, drill in pairs(data.raw['mining-drill']) do
+    if drill.wet_mining_graphics_set then
+        drill.wet_mining_graphics_set.max_animation_progress = drill.wet_mining_graphics_set.animation_progress or 1
+        drill.wet_mining_graphics_set.min_animation_progress = drill.wet_mining_graphics_set.animation_progress or 1
+    end
+    if drill.graphics_set then
+        drill.graphics_set.max_animation_progress = drill.graphics_set.animation_progress or 1
+        drill.graphics_set.min_animation_progress = drill.graphics_set.animation_progress or 1
+    elseif drill.animations then
+        drill.graphics_set = {
+            animation = drill.animations,
+            max_animation_progress = 1,
+            min_animation_progress = 1
+        }
+        if not drill.wet_mining_graphics_set then
+            drill.wet_mining_graphics_set = drill.graphics_set
+        end
+        drill.animations = nil
+    end
+end
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