1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 07a00d8..992feff 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ int td_solve(TDContext *td, double *coeffs_init[3])
     TDPriv *s = td->priv;
     NLSolveContext *nl;
     TDConstraintEvalContext *ce;
+    const char *env_a_max = getenv("TD_A_MAX");
     double a0;
     int ret;
 
@@ -206,14 +207,19 @@ int td_solve(TDContext *td, double *coeffs_init[3])
     ret = tdi_ce_alloc(td, td->nb_coeffs, nl->colloc_grid[0], 0.0, &ce);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto fail;
-    if (fabs(td->amplitude) >= ce->a_diverge) {
+    if (!env_a_max && fabs(td->amplitude) >= ce->a_diverge) {
         tdi_log(&s->logger, 0,
                 "Amplitude A=%16.16g is above the point A_{max}=%g, no solutions "
                 "are known to exist there. Set solution_branch=1 to get to the "
                 "second branch where mass increases with decreasing amplitude\n",
                 td->amplitude, ce->a_converge);
     }
-    a0 = SGN(td->amplitude) * ce->a_converge;
+
+    a0 = ce->a_converge;
+    if (env_a_max)
+        a0 = strtod(env_a_max, NULL);
+    a0 *= SGN(td->amplitude);
+
     tdi_constraint_eval_free(&ce);
 
     if (coeffs_init) {