diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 953309452af18ab591c4a1addaea1e35946e12a2..6bb5f8077ab8190eb1d31043921fc3446cb1b2bf 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void * rss_loop(void * __dummy) {
 double compression_to_epsilon(const char * compression) {
   if(strncmp(compression, "medium", 6) == 0) {
     return 1e-6;
-  } else if(strncmp(compression, "high", 4) == 0) {
+  } else if(strncmp(compression, "low", 4) == 0) {
     return 1e-10;
   } else if(strncmp(compression, "disabled", 6) == 0) {
     return 1e-16;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     epsilon = compression_to_epsilon(compression);
   }
 
-  printf("[minisolver] compression = %s\n", compression ? compression : "low");
+  printf("[minisolver] compression = %s\n", compression ? compression : "high");
   printf("[minisolver] epsilon = %.0e\n", epsilon);
 
   if(compression) {