Custom Mob's Follow Range isn't working properly (FIXED)

I'm putting Geckolib in the title but I'm not sure if that's the issue.

I have the mob's follow range at 35 blocks, and in the "on entity tick update" procedure, I also have it set to check if there's a player within 35 blocks of it, set the target to the player.

But it only targets me from about ~18 blocks away for some reason and loses track of me from about that range as well.

Edit: I tested making the procedure test from 70 blocks, and nothing changed.
nevermind it's fixed.