diff --git a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
index 077de5a83158442d0c8856abb17c2734093750ae..349b11ff10bad7630957f18cf8adf4c58e180a5b 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ void deMeshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
 }
 
 // for debugging, change value from -1 to -100;
-int debugSurface = -100; 
+int debugSurface = -1; 
 
 void meshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
 {