My hood latch always seemed to take a good tug and it would release rather abruptly. The other day at a show, I guess I had popped the hood but got side tracked. I went to pop the hood again, I didnt reef on the lever but just gave it a few tugs waiting to hear the hood unlatch only to realize I was getting older and my memory is failing

Now it seems the interior red lever doesnt retract fully when the hood is shut. Theres about 1/4 " play/slack. The hood lock and everything works properly its just the lever hangs down a tad.

Is this OK or is there a way to tighten the cable or just live with it?