Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/levelset.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/levelset.m	(revision 20466)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/levelset.m	(revision 20467)
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 		stabilization		= 0;
 		spclevelset			= NaN;
-		reinit_frequency	= NaN;
+		reinit_frequency	= 5;
 	end
 	methods
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 			%stabilization = 2 by default
 			self.stabilization = 2;
-			self.reinit_frequency = NaN;
+			self.reinit_frequency = 5;
 
 		end % }}}
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@
 			fielddisplay(self,'stabilization','0: no, 1: artificial_diffusivity, 2: streamline upwinding');
 			fielddisplay(self,'spclevelset','Levelset constraints (NaN means no constraint)');
-			fielddisplay(self,'reinit_frequency','Amount of time steps after which the levelset function in re-initialized (NaN: no re-initialization).');
+			fielddisplay(self,'reinit_frequency','Amount of time steps after which the levelset function in re-initialized');
 		end % }}}
 		function marshall(self,md,fid) % {{{
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/levelset.py
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/levelset.py	(revision 20466)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/levelset.py	(revision 20467)
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 		self.stabilization = 0
 		self.spclevelset   = float('NaN')
-		self.reinit_frequency = float('NaN')
+		self.reinit_frequency = 0
 
 		#set defaults
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 		string="%s\n%s"%(string,fielddisplay(self,'stabilization','0: no, 1: artificial_diffusivity, 2: streamline upwinding'))
 		string="%s\n%s"%(string,fielddisplay(self,'spclevelset','levelset constraints (NaN means no constraint)'))
-		string="%s\n%s"%(string,fielddisplay(self,'reinit_frequency','Amount of time steps after which the levelset function in re-initialized (NaN: no re-initialization).'))
+		string="%s\n%s"%(string,fielddisplay(self,'reinit_frequency','Amount of time steps after which the levelset function in re-initialized'))
 
 		return string
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
 		#stabilization = 2 by default
 		self.stabilization = 2
-		self.reinit_frequency = float('NaN')
+		self.reinit_frequency = 5
 
 		return self