diff --git a/GreatSQL/greatsql-init.sh b/GreatSQL/greatsql-init.sh
index cac93a3f7eec648d74b775ceeb7d9298453281eb..f429e3986888f9a57aa8994ad15f31a88019a2c3 100755
--- a/GreatSQL/greatsql-init.sh
+++ b/GreatSQL/greatsql-init.sh
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ rapid_mem_maxperf=`expr ${ibp_maxperf} / 2`
 rapid_thd_maxperf=`expr ${cpu} - 2`
 
 if [ -z "${MAXPERF}" ]; then
-    MAXPERF=${MAXPERF}
+    MAXPERF=1
 fi
 
 if [ "${MAXPERF}" == "1" ]; then