diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/numeric/Max.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/numeric/Max.java
index 27570bf65..3bd6dca33 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/numeric/Max.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/numeric/Max.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Created by mattg on 6/26/15.
  */
 public class Max extends AbstractAggregation {
-    private Double max = Double.MIN_VALUE;
+    private Double max = -1*Double.MAX_VALUE;
 
     @Override
     protected void next(Number value) {