diff --git a/pallets/subspace/src/global.rs b/pallets/subspace/src/global.rs
index 577cf8759..ae8850958 100644
--- a/pallets/subspace/src/global.rs
+++ b/pallets/subspace/src/global.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ impl<T: Config> Pallet<T> {
             Error::<T>::InvalidMinDelegationFee
         );
 
+        // we can not increase the stake threshold without a migration
+        // that would mean that subnets that are getting emission would have to get them erased to 0
+        ensure!(
+            params.subnet_stake_threshold.deconstruct() <= 100
+                && params.subnet_stake_threshold.deconstruct()
+                    <= old_params.subnet_stake_threshold.deconstruct(),
+            Error::<T>::InvalidSubnetStakeThreshold
+        );
+
         ensure!(
             params.max_allowed_subnets > 0,
             Error::<T>::InvalidMaxAllowedSubnets
diff --git a/pallets/subspace/src/lib.rs b/pallets/subspace/src/lib.rs
index 68c333225..a24870ebc 100644
--- a/pallets/subspace/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pallets/subspace/src/lib.rs
@@ -1071,6 +1071,7 @@ pub mod pallet {
         InvalidMaxAllowedWeights,
         InvalidMinStake,
         InvalidMinDelegationFee,
+        InvalidSubnetStakeThreshold,
 
         InvalidMaxNameLength,
         InvalidMinNameLenght,
diff --git a/pallets/subspace/src/migrations.rs b/pallets/subspace/src/migrations.rs
index f8d96d81f..6ee4d9146 100644
--- a/pallets/subspace/src/migrations.rs
+++ b/pallets/subspace/src/migrations.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ pub mod v2 {
 
             // Migrate Burn to v2
             if on_chain_version == 1 {
+                // Query for the threshold of stake that subnet needs to have
+                let subnet_stake_threshold = SubnetStakeThreshold::<T>::get();
                 // Here we will just use the lower bound of the burn
                 let old_burn = Pallet::<T>::global_params().min_burn;
 
@@ -66,6 +68,17 @@ pub mod v2 {
                 // udpate
                 for netuid in 0..=largest_netuid {
                     Burn::<T>::insert(netuid, old_burn);
+                    // update the emission that are below the threshold
+                    let emission_for_netuid =
+                        Pallet::<T>::calculate_network_emission(netuid, subnet_stake_threshold);
+                    // empty out the module emissin on that subnet, as their epoch won't run, we
+                    // don't want to confuse the user querying for the storage
+                    if emission_for_netuid == 0 {
+                        let name_count = Name::<T>::iter_prefix(netuid).count();
+                        let new_emission = vec![0; name_count];
+                        Emission::<T>::insert(netuid, new_emission);
+                    }
+                    SubnetEmission::<T>::insert(netuid, emission_for_netuid);
 
                     Active::<T>::mutate(netuid, |v| v.push(true));
                     Consensus::<T>::mutate(netuid, |v| v.push(0));
@@ -76,11 +89,11 @@ pub mod v2 {
                     ValidatorTrust::<T>::mutate(netuid, |v| v.push(0));
                 }
 
-                StorageVersion::new(2).put::<Pallet<T>>();
-                log::info!("Migrated Burn to v2");
+                StorageVersion::new(6).put::<Pallet<T>>();
+                log::info!("Migrated subnets to v2");
                 T::DbWeight::get().writes(largest_netuid as u64)
             } else {
-                log::info!("Burn already updated");
+                log::info!("Subnets already updated");
                 Weight::zero()
             }
         }