diff --git a/PopPUNK/models.py b/PopPUNK/models.py
index be9562d5..6067c545 100644
--- a/PopPUNK/models.py
+++ b/PopPUNK/models.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def fit(self, X, max_num_clusters, min_cluster_prop, use_gpu = False):
 
         # DBSCAN parameters
         cache_out = "./" + self.outPrefix + "_cache"
-        min_samples = min(max(int(min_cluster_prop * self.subsampled_X.shape[0]), 10),1023)
+        min_samples = min(int(min_cluster_prop * self.subsampled_X.shape[0]), 1023)
         min_cluster_size = max(int(0.01 * self.subsampled_X.shape[0]), 10)
 
         # Check on initialisation of GPU libraries and memory