diff --git a/src/storm/settings/modules/OviSolverSettings.cpp b/src/storm/settings/modules/OviSolverSettings.cpp
index 931aa1af8..bc474b798 100644
--- a/src/storm/settings/modules/OviSolverSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/settings/modules/OviSolverSettings.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace storm {
                 
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, useRelevantValuesForPrecisionUpdateOptionName, false, "Sets whether the precision of the inner value iteration is only based on the relevant values (i.e. initial states).").setIsAdvanced().build());
 
-                this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, maxVerificationIterationFactorOptionName, false, "Controls how many verification iterations are performed before guessing a new upper bound.").setIsAdvanced().addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createDoubleArgument("factor", "The factor.").setDefaultValueDouble(0.1).addValidatorDouble(ArgumentValidatorFactory::createDoubleGreaterValidator(0.0)).build()).build());
+                this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, maxVerificationIterationFactorOptionName, false, "Controls how many verification iterations are performed before guessing a new upper bound.").setIsAdvanced().addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createDoubleArgument("factor", "The factor.").setDefaultValueDouble(1.0).addValidatorDouble(ArgumentValidatorFactory::createDoubleGreaterValidator(0.0)).build()).build());
 
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, upperBoundGuessingFactorOptionName, false, "Sets with which factor the precision is multiplied to guess the upper bound.").setIsAdvanced().addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createDoubleArgument("factor", "The factor.").setDefaultValueDouble(1.0).addValidatorDouble(ArgumentValidatorFactory::createDoubleGreaterValidator(0.0)).build()).build());
 
diff --git a/src/storm/solver/helper/OptimisticValueIterationHelper.cpp b/src/storm/solver/helper/OptimisticValueIterationHelper.cpp
index a9f8c663f..076782e40 100644
--- a/src/storm/solver/helper/OptimisticValueIterationHelper.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/solver/helper/OptimisticValueIterationHelper.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ namespace storm {
 
                         // Check whether we tried this guess for too long
                         ValueType scaledIterationCount = storm::utility::convertNumber<ValueType>(currentVerificationIterations) * storm::utility::convertNumber<ValueType>(env.solver().ovi().getMaxVerificationIterationFactor());
-                        if (!intervalIterationNeeded && scaledIterationCount >= storm::utility::convertNumber<ValueType>(lastValueIterationIterations)) {
+                        if (!intervalIterationNeeded && scaledIterationCount * iterationPrecision >= storm::utility::one<ValueType>()) {
                             cancelGuess = true;
                             // In this case we will make one more iteration on the lower bound (mainly to obtain a new iterationPrecision)
                         }