diff --git a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
index 38853d72637868eef5fe086aec0f76f36ce5c89e..637e4182a0c3aa3142fcb96a94e5c54c9473eeb4 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ void deMeshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
 }
 
 // for debugging, change value from -1 to -100;
-int debugSurface = -100; 
+int debugSurface = -1; 
 
 void meshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
 {