Lady, big bulls is right the launcher arm should be all the way up the last few inches of your drae cycle. To get the rest to do this, I take the string from the rest and put it through the downward pulling cable. Next I serve the cable directly above the cord from the launcher arm. The cord from the launchere arm should extend through the cable about 3 inches (extra). This extra cord will give you room to play with the rate at which the launcher arm will fall. Tie a knot in the launcher cord behind the cable, draw the bow and see when the arm is fully up. Now you can use the extra to fine tune the drop rate. You can untie the knot and move it out or move it closer which ever you need to do. Hope this helps.