diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 83ca2ee94..f333ed1ba 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ##
 
 - Fixed a problem where --keyspace combined with custom charsets incorrectly displayed an error message
+- Fixed a typo that resulted in the minimum password length not being correctly initialized
 
 * changes v3.30 -> v3.40:
 
diff --git a/src/interface.c b/src/interface.c
index f4668d0af..a0e48d179 100644
--- a/src/interface.c
+++ b/src/interface.c
@@ -22491,7 +22491,7 @@ int hashconfig_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   // pw_min
 
-  hashconfig->pw_max = PW_MIN;
+  hashconfig->pw_min = PW_MIN;
 
   switch (hashconfig->hash_mode)
   {