diff --git a/scoring/src/cbeta_score.cc b/scoring/src/cbeta_score.cc
index 26a3db1061f4aba3563a59668bc0ad808d1b9cde..a5c2a5b3fcc64fa535a4f59e8de5fcbab00f05b7 100644
--- a/scoring/src/cbeta_score.cc
+++ b/scoring/src/cbeta_score.cc
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ void CBetaScorer::Score(const loop::BackboneList& bb_list,
 
   const Real inv_bin_size = bins_ / cutoff_;
   // let's reduce the cutoff a bit -> hack to ensure bin always within range
-  const Real squared_cutoff = cutoff_*cutoff_ - 0.001;
-  const Real cutoff = cutoff_ - 0.001;
+  const Real squared_cutoff = cutoff_*cutoff_ - 0.0001;
+  const Real cutoff = cutoff_ - 0.0001;
 
   // let's precalculate the idx ranges we have to neglect
   int min_idx_chain = idx_handler_->GetChainStartIdx(chain_idx);