diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d5e6224e60c3f9851fae41a8200607def6f69be3..995ff8e3e550f384b7990086505dbd968e0bfb38 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: airGR
 Type: Package
 Title: Suite of GR Hydrological Models for Precipitation-Runoff Modelling
-Version: 1.0.9.46
-Date: 2017-09-12
+Version: 1.0.9.47
+Date: 2017-09-13
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Laurent", "Coron", role = c("aut", "trl")),
   person("Charles", "Perrin", role = c("aut", "ths")),
diff --git a/NEWS.html b/NEWS.html
index d0a41b5a922dc4733b40b2d1a00db9de612015e6..0928177629730981507b4bdc4ef042d063a4f913 100644
--- a/NEWS.html
+++ b/NEWS.html
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ div.tocify {
 </div>
 
 
-<div id="release-notes-2017-09-12" class="section level3">
-<h3>1.0.9.46 Release Notes (2017-09-12)</h3>
+<div id="release-notes-2017-09-13" class="section level3">
+<h3>1.0.9.47 Release Notes (2017-09-13)</h3>
 <div id="new-features" class="section level4">
 <h4>New features</h4>
 <ul>
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a410bc945c097ff1069fe1b4ce21e4ee13f86c76..e3235de3c5188a77ad97e4b33663d1980bb1db9e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 
-### 1.0.9.46 Release Notes (2017-09-12) 
+### 1.0.9.47 Release Notes (2017-09-13) 
 
 #### New features
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rmd b/NEWS.rmd
index cc730197c941e73f33cd48ca6eab86059d780b1f..b34afa84e72f701b8f157837cbb3542d0bc7d876 100644
--- a/NEWS.rmd
+++ b/NEWS.rmd
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ output:
 
 
 
-### 1.0.9.46 Release Notes (2017-09-12) 
+### 1.0.9.47 Release Notes (2017-09-13) 
 
 #### New features
 
diff --git a/R/CreateIniStates.R b/R/CreateIniStates.R
index 6cf925a44db67ce039bf7959b3026d957bff3ada..290105d035b37a7117b89376c0bff5674e5bbe9f 100644
--- a/R/CreateIniStates.R
+++ b/R/CreateIniStates.R
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ CreateIniStates <- function(FUN_MOD, InputsModel,
   
   
   ## check states
-  if (any(ProdStore < 0) | any(RoutStore < 0) |
-      any(UH1 < 0) | any(UH2 < 0) |
-      any(GCemaNeigeLayers < 0)) {
-    stop("Negative values are not allowed for any of 'ProdStore', 'RoutStore', 'UH1', 'UH2', 'GCemaNeigeLayers'")
-  }
   if (any(eTGCemaNeigeLayers > 0)) {
     stop("Positive values are not allowed for 'eTGCemaNeigeLayers'")
   }  
@@ -185,7 +180,15 @@ CreateIniStates <- function(FUN_MOD, InputsModel,
   }
   if (is.null(eTGCemaNeigeLayers)) {
     eTGCemaNeigeLayers <- rep(Inf, NLayers)
-  } 
+  }
+  
+  
+  # check negative values
+  if (any(ProdStore < 0) | any(RoutStore < 0) |
+      any(UH1 < 0) | any(UH2 < 0) |
+      any(GCemaNeigeLayers < 0)) {
+    stop("Negative values are not allowed for any of 'ProdStore', 'RoutStore', 'UH1', 'UH2', 'GCemaNeigeLayers'")
+  }
   
   
   ## check length