diff --git a/src_cpp/bp.hpp b/src_cpp/bp.hpp
index 556a475..cea9ffb 100644
--- a/src_cpp/bp.hpp
+++ b/src_cpp/bp.hpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace ldpc {
                     BpSparse &parity_check_matrix,
                     std::vector<double> channel_probabilities,
                     int maximum_iterations = 0,
-                    BpMethod bp_method = PRODUCT_SUM,
+                    BpMethod bp_method = MINIMUM_SUM,
                     BpSchedule schedule = PARALLEL,
                     double min_sum_scaling_factor = 0.625,
                     int omp_threads = 1,
@@ -667,4 +667,4 @@ namespace ldpc {
     }
 }  // namespace ldpc::bp
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif