diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b8549b38e0d8..9c13137d4f69 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
 
     strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("Zerocoin options:"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-enablezeromint=<n>", strprintf(_("Enable automatic Zerocoin minting (0-1, default: %u)"), 1));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-zeromintpercentage=<n>", strprintf(_("Percentage of automatically minted Zerocoin  (10-100, default: %u)"), 10));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-zeromintpercentage=<n>", strprintf(_("Percentage of automatically minted Zerocoin  (1-100, default: %u)"), 10));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-preferredDenom=<n>", strprintf(_("Preferred Denomination for automatically minted Zerocoin  (1/5/10/50/100/500/1000/5000), 0 for no preference. default: %u)"), 0));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-backupzpiv=<n>", strprintf(_("Enable automatic wallet backups triggered after each zPiv minting (0-1, default: %u)"), 1));
 
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     nZeromintPercentage = GetArg("-zeromintpercentage", 10);
     if (nZeromintPercentage > 100) nZeromintPercentage = 100;
-    if (nZeromintPercentage < 10) nZeromintPercentage = 10;
+    if (nZeromintPercentage < 1) nZeromintPercentage = 1;
 
     nPreferredDenom  = GetArg("-preferredDenom", 0);
     if (nPreferredDenom != 0 && nPreferredDenom != 1 && nPreferredDenom != 5 && nPreferredDenom != 10 && nPreferredDenom != 50 &&
diff --git a/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui b/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui
index 224ba6efdc63..7066b93114ab 100644
--- a/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
          <item>
           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="zeromintPercentage">
            <property name="minimum">
-            <number>10</number>
+            <number>1</number>
            </property>
            <property name="maximum">
             <number>100</number>
diff --git a/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp b/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
index 51cc98a4f491..4b4c0093e36e 100644
--- a/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ void OptionsModel::Init()
     if (!settings.contains("fZeromintEnable"))
         settings.setValue("fZeromintEnable", true);
     fEnableZeromint = settings.value("fZeromintEnable").toBool();
+
     if (!settings.contains("nZeromintPercentage"))
         settings.setValue("nZeromintPercentage", 10);
     nZeromintPercentage = settings.value("nZeromintPercentage").toLongLong();
+
     if (!settings.contains("nPreferredDenom"))
         settings.setValue("nPreferredDenom", 0);
     nPreferredDenom = settings.value("nPreferredDenom", "0").toLongLong();