diff --git a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
index d9aaa7256e3b79140e8807aaba361a1ef3573702..82a17a77f43686c793c3b9cd1f17502124754e44 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ void deMeshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
   gf->meshStatistics.nbTriangle = gf->meshStatistics.nbEdge = 0;
 }
 
-int debugSurface = -100;
+int debugSurface = -1;
 
 void meshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
 {