diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 749766ef..e6cd42e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 * Can dive again right away after just diving
 * Increased melee range by 16% (same as Black Ops 1)
 * Disabled melee lunging
+* Can look up and down 90 degrees (previously 85 degrees)
 * Decreased normal health regeneration delay from 2.4 seconds to 2 seconds
 * Decreased low health regeneration delay from 5 seconds to 4 seconds
 * Normal health regeneration rate is no longer instant
diff --git a/scripts/zm/_zm_reimagined.gsc b/scripts/zm/_zm_reimagined.gsc
index d78ee9be..780b3a4b 100644
--- a/scripts/zm/_zm_reimagined.gsc
+++ b/scripts/zm/_zm_reimagined.gsc
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ set_dvars()
 
 	setDvar( "player_backSpeedScale", 1 );
 
+	// can't set to exactly 90 or else looking completely up or down will cause the player to move in the opposite direction
+	setDvar( "player_view_pitch_up", 89.9999 );
+	setDvar( "player_view_pitch_down", 89.9999 );
+
 	setDvar( "dtp_post_move_pause", 0 );
 	setDvar( "dtp_startup_delay", 100 );
 	setDvar( "dtp_exhaustion_window", 100 );