diff --git a/src/targetspacertrsolver.cc b/src/targetspacertrsolver.cc
index 4d6277ce2440509a997f5efec2bb952453dff8cc..f343b1ad9da1911f55913dfdc6dff32293cb1b5c 100644
--- a/src/targetspacertrsolver.cc
+++ b/src/targetspacertrsolver.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ setup(const AverageDistanceAssembler<TargetSpace>* assembler,
                                                                                                   energyNorm,
                                                                                                   Solver::QUIET));
 
+    innerSolver_->useRelativeError_ = false;
+
     // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //   Create obstacles
     // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////