diff --git a/python/gilded_rose.py b/python/gilded_rose.py
index 2dc0895c..4cd9caa6 100755
--- a/python/gilded_rose.py
+++ b/python/gilded_rose.py
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ class GildedRose(object):
 
             item.sell_in -= 1
             has_positive_sell_in = item.sell_in >= 0
-            rate = -1
+            rate = -1 if has_positive_sell_in else -2
 
             if item.name == "Aged Brie":
-                rate = 1 if has_positive_sell_in else 2
-                return self.adjust_quality(item, rate)
+                rate = abs(rate)
 
             if item.name == "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert":
                 if 5 <= item.sell_in <= 10:
@@ -32,14 +31,12 @@ class GildedRose(object):
                 elif 0 <= item.sell_in <= 5:
                     rate = 3
                 else:
-                    rate = -item.quality
-                return self.adjust_quality(item, rate)
+                    rate = 1 if has_positive_sell_in else -item.quality
 
             if "Conjured" in item.name:
-                rate = -2 if has_positive_sell_in else -4
-                return self.adjust_quality(item, rate)
+                rate *= 2
 
-            return self.adjust_quality(item, -1) if has_positive_sell_in else self.adjust_quality(item, -2)
+            return self.adjust_quality(item, rate)
             
 
 class Item:
diff --git a/python/test_gilded_rose.py b/python/test_gilded_rose.py
index 62a8d2d0..231e0d8c 100644
--- a/python/test_gilded_rose.py
+++ b/python/test_gilded_rose.py
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ class GildedRoseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         Quality increases by 2 when there are 10 days or less and by 3 when there are 5 days or less but
         Quality drops to 0 after the concert
         """
+        # Standard - quality increases with age
+        items = [Item("Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert", 15, 10)]
+        gilded_rose = GildedRose(items)
+        gilded_rose.update_quality()
+
+        self.assertEqual(11, items[0].quality)
+
         # Ten days or less - quality increases by 2
         items = [Item("Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert", 9, 10)]
         gilded_rose = GildedRose(items)