1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/optimisation/functions/ScaledFunction.py b/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/optimisation/functions/ScaledFunction.py
index a123e8d..2bf3b25 100755
--- a/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/optimisation/functions/ScaledFunction.py
+++ b/Wrappers/Python/ccpi/optimisation/functions/ScaledFunction.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ScaledFunction(object):
         self.function = function
         
         if self.function.L is not None:        
-            self.L = self.scalar * self.function.L         
+            self.L = abs(self.scalar) * self.function.L         
 
     def __call__(self,x, out=None):
         '''Evaluates the function at x '''