diff --git a/NonLinearSolver/modelReduction/Tree.h b/NonLinearSolver/modelReduction/Tree.h
index add67981d86b8e878528388aa0e10e3defa2193c..2f775afd5068e61beaa40ecd4409930e1fae1493 100644
--- a/NonLinearSolver/modelReduction/Tree.h
+++ b/NonLinearSolver/modelReduction/Tree.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Tree
     void printTree() const;
     void printTreeInteraction(const std::string fname="treeInteraction.txt", bool colorMat = true, int dir=1) const;
     void clear();
-    void initialize(bool rand=true, bool normalizedWeight=false);
+    void initialize(bool rand=true, bool normalizedWeight=true);
     const TreeNode* getRootNode() const {return _root;};
     
     void assignMaterialLaws(int numPhases);