diff --git a/src/xml_league.c b/src/xml_league.c
index b0e8e253..c82e97f2 100644
--- a/src/xml_league.c
+++ b/src/xml_league.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ xml_league_read_start_element (GMarkupParseContext *context,
         if(attribute_names[0] != NULL && strcmp(attribute_names[0], ATT_DEF_NAME_WEEK_BREAK_LENGTH) == 0)
             new_week_break.length = (gint)g_ascii_strtod(attribute_values[0], NULL);
         else
-            new_week_break.length = -1;
+            new_week_break.length = -1000;
 
         g_array_append_val(new_league.week_breaks, new_week_break);
     }