diff --git a/common/culture/innovations/00_late_medieval_innovations.txt b/common/culture/innovations/00_late_medieval_innovations.txt
index 253ce4be..8a578095 100644
--- a/common/culture/innovations/00_late_medieval_innovations.txt
+++ b/common/culture/innovations/00_late_medieval_innovations.txt
@@ -55,14 +55,7 @@ innovation_gunpowder = {
 	group = culture_group_military
 	culture_era = culture_era_late_medieval
 	icon = @gunpowder_02
-	potential = {
-	NOT = {	
-			OR = {
-				has_cultural_pillar = heritage_brythonic
-				has_cultural_pillar = heritage_anglo_frisian	
-			}
-		}
-	}	
+
 	parameters = {
 		unlock_late_medieval_gunpowder_units = yes
 		unlock_powder_magazines = yes
diff --git a/common/culture/innovations/N3OW_cultural_maa_innovations.txt b/common/culture/innovations/N3OW_cultural_maa_innovations.txt
index 77a9725a..76d0cd4f 100644
--- a/common/culture/innovations/N3OW_cultural_maa_innovations.txt
+++ b/common/culture/innovations/N3OW_cultural_maa_innovations.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ innovation_british_arsenals = {
 	
 	
 	parameters = {
-		unlock_late_medieval_gunpowder_units = yes	
+		unlock_handguns_early = yes	
 		unlock_powder_magazines = yes
 	}
 	#unlock_decision = 
diff --git a/common/men_at_arms_types/00_maa_types.txt b/common/men_at_arms_types/00_maa_types.txt
index a51ef3c9..bbef00e3 100644
--- a/common/men_at_arms_types/00_maa_types.txt
+++ b/common/men_at_arms_types/00_maa_types.txt
@@ -615,7 +615,9 @@ handgunners = {
 
 	can_recruit = {
 		gunpowder_raise_limit_existing_gunpowder_units < gunpowder_raise_limit_existing_gunpowder_buildings	# one powder magazine must be owned to support three handgunner regiments, regardless of maa size
-		culture = { has_cultural_parameter = unlock_late_medieval_gunpowder_units }
+		OR = {
+			culture = { has_cultural_parameter = unlock_late_medieval_gunpowder_units }
+			culture = { has_cultural_parameter = unlock_handguns_early }
 	}
 
 	terrain_bonus = {