diff --git a/AMDiS/src/ITL_OEMSolver.h b/AMDiS/src/ITL_OEMSolver.h
index 7c2245f7a993aa45d1271f41a4d0ff4224578738..29c7d2ff5d791e646638c61885da02701913ebff 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/ITL_OEMSolver.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/ITL_OEMSolver.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   public:
       /// The constructor reads needed parameters and sets solvers \ref name.
       ITL_OEMSolver_para(::std::string name) 
-	  : OEMSolver(name), ell(1) 
+	  : OEMSolver(name), ell(OEMSolver::max_iter) 
       {
 	  GET_PARAMETER(0, name + "->ell", "%d", &ell);
       }