diff --git a/codes/model.py b/codes/model.py
index 0b55a6a141b370a138b180ee00661f60b7c28729..4141bf6ceea9db2569bfdfc755f3050d02af970b 100644
--- a/codes/model.py
+++ b/codes/model.py
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ class Model:
             Hopping vectors for the mean-field corrections.
         """
         if self.int_model is None:
-            scale = 1
+            scale = 0.1
         else:
-            scale = 1+np.max(np.abs([*self.int_model.values()]))
+            scale = 0.1*(1+np.max(np.abs([*self.int_model.values()])))
         self.guess = utils.generate_guess(
             vectors=vectors,
             ndof=self.ndof,