diff --git a/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m b/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m
index 04599cae04d83259c8587a0592b741fa679ca8c1..d022b6e60fa7bc0a2844061444162240acdacf54 100644
--- a/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m
+++ b/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ switch DynareOptions.lik_init
     end
     if isnan(dLIK),
         info = 45;
-        fval = objective_function_penalty_base + 100;
+        fval = objective_function_penalty_base + 1.e8;
         exit_flag = 0;
         return
     end