diff --git a/Couch/scripting/Couch.sp b/Couch/scripting/Couch.sp
index 111ad54..9848fed 100644
--- a/Couch/scripting/Couch.sp
+++ b/Couch/scripting/Couch.sp
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ static const char g_sPistols[][] =
 
 ConVar g_cvModel;
 ConVar g_cvPushScale;
+// The engine's own phys_pushscale. Maps change it through point_servercommand, and the engine has
+// already multiplied it into the damage force by the time OnTakeDamage runs, so it is divided out.
+ConVar g_cvPhysPushScale;
 ConVar g_cvPistolOnly;
 ConVar g_cvAllowUse;
 ConVar g_cvEffect;
@@ -236,7 +239,8 @@ public void OnPluginStart()
 	g_fwdOnCouchBroken = new GlobalForward("Couch_OnCouchBroken", ET_Ignore, Param_Cell, Param_Cell);
 
 	g_cvModel = CreateConVar("sm_couch_model", COUCH_DEFAULT_MODEL, "Model used for the couch. Applies to the next spawn.", FCVAR_NOTIFY);
-	g_cvPushScale = CreateConVar("sm_couch_push_scale", "6.0", "Multiplier on the force bullets apply to the couch. 1.0 is the engine's own push.", FCVAR_NOTIFY, true, 0.0, true, 100.0);
+	g_cvPushScale = CreateConVar("sm_couch_push_scale", "6.0", "Multiplier on the force bullets apply to the couch. 1.0 is the engine's own push at phys_pushscale 1; maps changing phys_pushscale don't change the couch.", FCVAR_NOTIFY, true, 0.0, true, 100.0);
+	g_cvPhysPushScale = FindConVar("phys_pushscale");
 	g_cvPistolOnly = CreateConVar("sm_couch_pistol_only", "0", "Only pistols and knives move the couch; other guns and grenades are ignored.", FCVAR_NOTIFY, true, 0.0, true, 1.0);
 	g_cvAllowUse = CreateConVar("sm_allow_couch_use", "1", "Players may push the couch by holding +use on it. 0 means it can only be moved by shooting it.", FCVAR_NOTIFY, true, 0.0, true, 1.0);
 	g_cvEffect = CreateConVar("sm_couch_effect", "1", "Colour cycle and pulsing light on the couch.", FCVAR_NOTIFY, true, 0.0, true, 1.0);
@@ -683,7 +687,14 @@ public Action OnCouchTakeDamage(int victim, int &attacker, int &inflictor, float
 
 	Action result = Plugin_Continue;
 
+	// damageForce already carries phys_pushscale (CalculateBulletDamageForce and the melee and
+	// explosive variants all multiply it in), so divide it back out. At 0 the force is already zero
+	// and there is nothing to undo.
 	float fScale = g_cvPushScale.FloatValue;
+	float fEnginePush = (g_cvPhysPushScale != null) ? g_cvPhysPushScale.FloatValue : 1.0;
+	if (fEnginePush > 0.0)
+		fScale /= fEnginePush;
+
 	if (fScale != 1.0)
 	{
 		ScaleVector(damageForce, fScale);