1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Persistence_representations/include/gudhi/Persistence_intervals_with_distances.h b/src/Persistence_representations/include/gudhi/Persistence_intervals_with_distances.h
index d5ab04b4..2a3858bf 100644
--- a/src/Persistence_representations/include/gudhi/Persistence_intervals_with_distances.h
+++ b/src/Persistence_representations/include/gudhi/Persistence_intervals_with_distances.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Persistence_intervals_with_distances : public Persistence_intervals {
    * The last parameter, tolerance, it is an additiv error of the approimation, set by default to zero.
   **/
   double distance(const Persistence_intervals_with_distances& second, double power = std::numeric_limits<double>::max(),
-                  double tolerance = 0) const {
+                  double tolerance = (std::numeric_limits<double>::min)()) const {
     if (power >= std::numeric_limits<double>::max()) {
       return Gudhi::persistence_diagram::bottleneck_distance(this->intervals, second.intervals, tolerance);
     } else {