diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/CatchDifficultyCalculator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/CatchDifficultyCalculator.cs
index 520a980d26..33ee1c0184 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/CatchDifficultyCalculator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Difficulty/CatchDifficultyCalculator.cs
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
             if (!beatmap.HitObjects.Any())
                 return new CatchDifficultyAttributes(mods, 0);
 
-            float circleSize = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CircleSize;
-            float catcherWidth = (1.0f - 0.7f * (circleSize - 5) / 5) * 0.62064f * CatcherArea.CATCHER_SIZE;
-            float catcherWidthHalf = catcherWidth / 2;
-            catcherWidthHalf *= 0.8f;
+            var catcher = new CatcherArea.Catcher(beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty);
+            float halfCatchWidth = catcher.CatchWidth * 0.5f;
 
             var difficultyHitObjects = new List<CatchDifficultyHitObject>();
 
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
                 // We want to only consider fruits that contribute to the combo. Droplets are addressed as accuracy and spinners are not relevant for "skill" calculations.
                 if (hitObject is Fruit)
                 {
-                    difficultyHitObjects.Add(new CatchDifficultyHitObject((CatchHitObject)hitObject, catcherWidthHalf));
+                    difficultyHitObjects.Add(new CatchDifficultyHitObject((CatchHitObject)hitObject, halfCatchWidth));
                 }
                 if (hitObject is JuiceStream)
                 {
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Difficulty
                     {
                         CatchHitObject objectInJuiceStream = (CatchHitObject)nestedHitObjectsEnumerator.Current;
                         if (!(objectInJuiceStream is TinyDroplet))
-                            difficultyHitObjects.Add(new CatchDifficultyHitObject(objectInJuiceStream, catcherWidthHalf));
+                            difficultyHitObjects.Add(new CatchDifficultyHitObject(objectInJuiceStream, halfCatchWidth));
                     }
                     // Dispose the enumerator after counting all fruits.
                     nestedHitObjectsEnumerator.Dispose();
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
index b62e9997d4..8e61e8cabe 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
 
         public class Catcher : Container, IKeyBindingHandler<CatchAction>
         {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Width of the area that can be used to attempt catches during gameplay.
+            /// </summary>
+            internal float CatchWidth => CATCHER_SIZE * Math.Abs(Scale.X);
+
             private Container<DrawableHitObject> caughtFruit;
 
             public Container ExplodingFruitTarget;
@@ -232,15 +238,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.UI
             /// <returns>Whether the catch is possible.</returns>
             public bool AttemptCatch(CatchHitObject fruit)
             {
-                double halfCatcherWidth = CATCHER_SIZE * Math.Abs(Scale.X) * 0.5f;
+                float halfCatchWidth = CatchWidth * 0.5f;
 
                 // this stuff wil disappear once we move fruit to non-relative coordinate space in the future.
                 var catchObjectPosition = fruit.X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH;
                 var catcherPosition = Position.X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH;
 
                 var validCatch =
-                    catchObjectPosition >= catcherPosition - halfCatcherWidth &&
-                    catchObjectPosition <= catcherPosition + halfCatcherWidth;
+                    catchObjectPosition >= catcherPosition - halfCatchWidth &&
+                    catchObjectPosition <= catcherPosition + halfCatchWidth;
 
                 if (validCatch && fruit.HyperDash)
                 {