diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/matcher/MatcherServer.java b/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/matcher/MatcherServer.java
index 1cebfb6b..71ce8048 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/matcher/MatcherServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/matcher/MatcherServer.java
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public MatcherResponseFactory(Properties properties, RoadMap map, InputFormatter
             matcher.setSigma(Double.parseDouble(
                     properties.getProperty("matcher.sigma", Double.toString(matcher.getSigma()))));
             interval = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("matcher.interval.min", "1000"));
-            distance = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("matcher.distance.min", "0"));
+            distance = Double.parseDouble(properties.getProperty("matcher.distance.min", Double.toString(0d)));
 
             int matcherThreads = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("matcher.threads",
                     Integer.toString(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors())));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/tracker/TrackerServer.java b/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/tracker/TrackerServer.java
index 8a34e3cc..b967448f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/tracker/TrackerServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bmwcarit/barefoot/tracker/TrackerServer.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public MatcherResponseFactory(Properties properties, RoadMap map) {
             matcher.setSigma(Double.parseDouble(
                     properties.getProperty("matcher.sigma", Double.toString(matcher.getSigma()))));
             interval = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("matcher.interval.min", "1000"));
-            distance = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("matcher.distance.min", "0"));
+            distance = Double.parseDouble(properties.getProperty("matcher.distance.min", Double.toString(0d)));
             sensitive = Double.parseDouble(
                     properties.getProperty("tracker.monitor.sensitive", Double.toString(0d)));
             TTL = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("tracker.state.ttl", "60"));