diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Histogram.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Histogram.java
index fa307af367129efd619afa36deb23b0f3b616a92..a55718700f77e9804663f5678cfe3944b898f366 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Histogram.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Histogram.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class Histogram {
     this.numBins = numBins;
     this.originalData = data;
 
-    Double tempMax = Double.MIN_VALUE;
+    Double tempMax = -Double.MAX_VALUE;
     Double tempMin = Double.MAX_VALUE;
     for (Number number : data) {
       double value = number.doubleValue();