diff --git a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
index 8217d95b0bca7dbd957e1a835a74d84e34c85bd4..537117d1f59d2bf304a3b99a5715cc184730ca45 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGFace.cpp
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ void deMeshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
   gf->meshStatistics.nbTriangle = gf->meshStatistics.nbEdge = 0;
 }
 
-int debugSurface = -100;
+int debugSurface = -1;
 
 void meshGFace::operator() (GFace *gf)
 {