diff --git a/matlab/hess_element.m b/matlab/hess_element.m
index dae3278bc3f256f1cd3a6382a2beeb246c6c76c7..5af38ecd2a112d6f66d0f1b806c0e4b53bee9622 100644
--- a/matlab/hess_element.m
+++ b/matlab/hess_element.m
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ assert(element1 <= length(args) && element2 <= length(args));
 
 func = str2func(func);
 
-h=10e-6;
+h=1e-6;
 p10 = args;
 p01 = args;
 m10 = args;
diff --git a/matlab/jacob_element.m b/matlab/jacob_element.m
index 03db36ec48ef476c5a10f4007a4e026c84b949f4..4f49cdbab917e1b291092770612e36f2e7368ed9 100644
--- a/matlab/jacob_element.m
+++ b/matlab/jacob_element.m
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ assert(element <= length(args));
 
 func = str2func(func);
 
-h=10e-6;
+h=1e-6;
 margs=args;
 
 args{element} = args{element} + h;