diff --git a/src/brittle_star_project/ppo.py b/src/brittle_star_project/ppo.py
index 60d9671..ffe2064 100644
--- a/src/brittle_star_project/ppo.py
+++ b/src/brittle_star_project/ppo.py
@@ -143,7 +143,19 @@ def ppo_loss(
     pg_loss1 = -mb_advantages * ratio
     pg_loss2 = -mb_advantages * jnp.clip(ratio, 1 - args.clip_coef, 1 + args.clip_coef)
     pg_loss = jnp.maximum(pg_loss1, pg_loss2).mean()
-    v_loss = 0.5 * ((newvalue - mb_returns) ** 2).mean()
+    old_value = mb_returns - mb_advantages
+
+    v_clipped = old_value + jnp.clip(
+        newvalue - old_value,
+        -args.clip_coef,
+        args.clip_coef
+    )
+
+    v_loss_unclipped = (newvalue - mb_returns) ** 2
+    v_loss_clipped = (v_clipped - mb_returns) ** 2
+
+    v_loss = 0.5 * jnp.maximum(v_loss_unclipped, v_loss_clipped).mean()
+
     entropy_loss = entropy.mean()
     loss = pg_loss - args.ent_coef * entropy_loss + v_loss * args.vf_coef
     return loss, (pg_loss, v_loss, entropy_loss, jax.lax.stop_gradient(approx_kl))