diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
index bbc5b527..a850fb32 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ namespace netgen
     /// if non-zero, baseelement must have baseelnp points
     int baseelnp = 0;        
     /// quality tolerances are handled less careful
-    bool sloppy = true;
+    int sloppy = 1;
   
     /// limit for max element angle (150-180)
     double badellimit = 175;
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.hpp
index bbe75a97..8a35cd8b 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/python_mesh.hpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ elsizeweight: float = 0.2
     if(kwargs.contains("baseelnp"))
       mp.baseelnp = py::cast<int>(kwargs["baseelnp"]);
     if(kwargs.contains("sloppy"))
-      mp.sloppy = py::cast<bool>(kwargs["sloppy"]);
+      mp.sloppy = py::cast<int>(kwargs["sloppy"]);
     if(kwargs.contains("badellimit"))
       mp.badellimit = py::cast<double>(kwargs["badellimit"]);
     if(kwargs.contains("check_impossible"))