diff --git a/server/src/external/mongo/schemas.ts b/server/src/external/mongo/schemas.ts
index dfbf27036..1ef08da18 100644
--- a/server/src/external/mongo/schemas.ts
+++ b/server/src/external/mongo/schemas.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ const GetScoreMeta = (game: Game, playtype: Playtypes[Game]): PrudenceSchema =>
 	} else if (game === "usc") {
 		return {
 			noteMod: optNull(p.isIn("NORMAL", "MIRROR", "RANDOM", "MIR-RAN")),
-			gaugeMod: optNull(p.isIn("NORMAL", "HARD")),
+			gaugeMod: optNull(p.isIn("NORMAL", "HARD", "PERMISSIVE")),
 		};
 	} else if (game === "bms" && playtype === "7K") {
 		return {
diff --git a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/batch-manual/parser.ts b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/batch-manual/parser.ts
index 90e8fdb5a..9be2d4a36 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/batch-manual/parser.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/common/batch-manual/parser.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const PR_ScoreMeta = (game: Game, playtype: Playtypes[Game]): PrudenceSchema =>
 	} else if (game === "usc") {
 		return {
 			noteMod: optNull(p.isIn("NORMAL", "MIRROR", "RANDOM", "MIR-RAN")),
-			gaugeMod: optNull(p.isIn("NORMAL", "HARD")),
+			gaugeMod: optNull(p.isIn("NORMAL", "HARD", "PERMISSIVE")),
 		};
 	} else if (game === "sdvx") {
 		return {
diff --git a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/ir/usc/converter.ts b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/ir/usc/converter.ts
index c93e3ca6a..74f8d7094 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/ir/usc/converter.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/score-import/import-types/ir/usc/converter.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ export const ConverterIRUSC: ConverterFunction<USCClientScore, IRUSCContext> = a
 			},
 		},
 		scoreMeta: {
-			gaugeMod: data.options.gaugeType === 0 ? "NORMAL" : "HARD",
+			gaugeMod:
+				data.options.gaugeType === 0
+					? "NORMAL"
+					: data.options.gaugeType === 1
+					? "HARD"
+					: "PERMISSIVE",
 			noteMod: DeriveNoteMod(data),
 		},
 	};
diff --git a/server/src/server/router/ir/usc/_playtype/types.ts b/server/src/server/router/ir/usc/_playtype/types.ts
index ca4852d97..861c67df0 100644
--- a/server/src/server/router/ir/usc/_playtype/types.ts
+++ b/server/src/server/router/ir/usc/_playtype/types.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export interface USCServerScore {
 	near: integer;
 	error: integer;
 	ranking: integer;
-	gaugeMod: "NORMAL" | "HARD";
+	gaugeMod: "NORMAL" | "HARD" | "PERMISSIVE";
 	noteMod: "NORMAL" | "MIRROR" | "RANDOM" | "MIR-RAN";
 	username: string;
 }