diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index b30f951..dea42fa 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 
 import psycopg2
 import psycopg2.extensions
+import psycopg2.extras
 import psycopg2.errors
 import requests
 import unidecode
@@ -98,6 +99,27 @@ def fetch_and_initialize_variants():
     conn_manager.get_connection().commit()
 
 
+def initialize_variant_base_ratings():
+    config = config_manager.get_config()
+    conn = conn_manager.get_connection()
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    cur.execute("SELECT id, name from variants")
+    ratings = []
+    for variant_id, variant_name in cur.fetchall():
+        for num_players in range(config.min_player_count, config.max_player_count + 1):
+            rating = config.variant_base_rating(variant_name, num_players)
+            ratings.append((variant_id, num_players, rating))
+
+    psycopg2.extras.execute_values(
+        cur,
+        "INSERT INTO variant_base_ratings (variant_id, player_count, rating)"
+        "VALUES %s "
+        "ON CONFLICT (variant_id, player_count) "
+        "DO UPDATE SET rating = EXCLUDED.rating",
+        ratings
+    )
+    conn.commit()
+
 def normalize_username(username: str) -> str:
     decoded = unidecode.unidecode(username)
     return decoded.lower()
diff --git a/install/default_config.yaml b/install/default_config.yaml
index b90bbbe..fb82741 100644
--- a/install/default_config.yaml
+++ b/install/default_config.yaml
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ variant_base_ratings:
   No Variant:
     3p: 1500
     4p: 1500
-    5p: 1500
+    5p: 1600
   6 Suits:
     3p: 1500
     4p: 1500
-    5p: 1500
-  Clue Starved:
+    5p: 1600
+  Clue Starved (5 Suits):
     3p: 1500
     4p: 1500
-    6p: 1700
+    5p: 1700
   Clue Starved (6 Suits):
     3p: 1500
     4p: 1500
-    6p: 1700
+    5p: 1700
 min_player_count: 3
 max_player_count: 5
 min_suits: 5
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e84bbe1..0c40c39 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def subcommand_init(force: bool, fetch_variants: bool):
     logger.info("Successfully initialized database tables")
     if fetch_variants:
         database.fetch_and_initialize_variants()
+        database.initialize_variant_base_ratings()
 
 
 def subcommand_generate_config():