diff --git a/aiken.lock b/aiken.lock
index 49b9d66..444bd34 100644
--- a/aiken.lock
+++ b/aiken.lock
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ requirements = []
 source = "github"
 
 [etags]
-"aiken-lang/fuzz@v2" = [{ secs_since_epoch = 1726332025, nanos_since_epoch = 14944000 }, "34ffec10cce786bf823c7505589a3b5e0663792ef8efd31f870d7bcc37e0f593"]
+"aiken-lang/fuzz@v2" = [{ secs_since_epoch = 1726529265, nanos_since_epoch = 528667332 }, "34ffec10cce786bf823c7505589a3b5e0663792ef8efd31f870d7bcc37e0f593"]
diff --git a/lib/aiken/crypto/bls12_381/scalar.ak b/lib/aiken/crypto/bls12_381/scalar.ak
index cf028ad..6bdb870 100644
--- a/lib/aiken/crypto/bls12_381/scalar.ak
+++ b/lib/aiken/crypto/bls12_381/scalar.ak
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ pub opaque type Scalar {
 pub fn new(n: Int) -> Option<Scalar> {
   if n >= 0 && n < field_prime {
     Some(Scalar(n))
+  } else if n >= field_prime {
+    Some(Scalar(n % field_prime))
   } else {
     None
   }
@@ -48,11 +50,17 @@ pub fn new(n: Int) -> Option<Scalar> {
 test new_1() {
   and {
     new(-1) == None,
-    new(field_prime) == None,
+    new(field_prime) == Some(zero),
     new(834884848) == Some(Scalar(834884848)),
   }
 }
 
+test new_2() {
+  new(field_prime + 398234892374892374928374) == Some(
+    Scalar(398234892374892374928374),
+  )
+}
+
 /// Constructs a new `Scalar` element from a Big-Endian (most-significant bits first) `ByteArray`.
 pub fn from_bytearray_big_endian(bytes: ByteArray) -> Option<Scalar> {
   new(builtin.bytearray_to_integer(True, bytes))