diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7e59eee..cc6c6cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Argument pasfr.ignore.phase2 added to pop.predict.subnat.
 
 Additional steps for very young and very old child-bearing ages in kantorova.pasfr function.
 
+Decreased minimum allowed population in an age group from 0.0005 to 0.
+
 10.0-0/1 (08/09/2023)
 ------
 Making default datasets from wpp2022 work with pop.predict.
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b80893a..4f4412a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: bayesPop
 Type: Package
 Title: Probabilistic Population Projection
-Version: 10.0-1.9011
-Date: 2024-05-21
+Version: 10.0-1.9012
+Date: 2024-05-22
 Author: Hana Sevcikova, Adrian Raftery, Thomas Buettner
 Maintainer: Hana Sevcikova <hanas@uw.edu>
 Depends: R (>= 3.5.0), bayesTFR (>= 7.1-0), bayesLife (>= 5.0-0), MortCast (>= 2.6-1)
diff --git a/R/predict.pop.R b/R/predict.pop.R
index f0b17f1..bb88896 100644
--- a/R/predict.pop.R
+++ b/R/predict.pop.R
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ migration.totals2age <- function(df, ages = NULL, annual = FALSE, time.periods =
             # for zero total migration where a schedule has positive as well as negative part, shift the total migration by a little bit 
             # so that we don't loose the schedule
             migtmp[totmig == 0 & !is.na(prop) & !is.na(prop.neg), totmig := sign(total.orig) * (if(annual) 0.001 else 0.005)] #totmigl[abs(totmig) > 0, min(abs(totmig))]
-            #if(debug) stop("")
+            if(debug) stop("")
             # use the negative schedule if total migration is negative and there is a different schedule for such cases
             migtmp[totmig < 0 & !is.na(prop.neg), prop := prop.neg][, prop.neg := NULL]
             migtmp[!is.na(prop), `:=`(is_pos_neg = sum(prop > 0) > 0 & sum(prop < 0) > 0), by = c(id.col, "year")] # prop can be NA if observed years are included
diff --git a/src/projection_functions.c b/src/projection_functions.c
index f485db9..a741b70 100644
--- a/src/projection_functions.c
+++ b/src/projection_functions.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void CCM(int *nobserved, int *abridged, int *npred, double *MIGm, double *MIGf,
     
     double csfm[adim],csff[adim]; /* cohort separation factor males, females*/
     
-    const double minpop = 0.0005; /* minimum accepted population */
+    const double minpop = 0; /* 0.0005; minimum accepted population */
     const double max_out_rate = -0.8; /* the maximum portion of population that can leave when using migration rates */ 
     
     nrow = *migr;