diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 86c28023b7c83ccadd1848735ac8ecf57094657b..f409c3a7d3ddfb81239ef96a2431e31dc60b4108 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: airGR
 Type: Package
 Title: Suite of GR Hydrological Models for Precipitation-Runoff Modelling
-Version: 1.4.3.43
+Version: 1.4.3.44
 Date: 2020-01-20
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Laurent", "Coron", role = c("aut", "trl"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1503-6204")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 629100bf2be458bbc191df5278d8cd8480e3054e..51a98268db872ab2540bcc762b422a28a62c8298 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 
-### 1.4.3.43 Release Notes (2020-01-17)
+### 1.4.3.44 Release Notes (2020-01-20)
 
 
 #### New features
diff --git a/src/frun_GR5H.f90 b/src/frun_GR5H.f90
index 2facd8732ff7df8cb9c6ac59ad037358855b3a08..c2ccfe7153f1effca0aca8c5575d15d1f4142d15 100644
--- a/src/frun_GR5H.f90
+++ b/src/frun_GR5H.f90
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@
 
       ! Interception store calculation, with evaporation prior to throughfall
         EI=MIN(E, P1+St(3))
-        PN=MAX(0., P1-(Imax-St(3))-EI)
+        PN=MAX(0.d0, P1-(Imax-St(3))-EI)
         St(3)=St(3)+P1-EI-PN
-        EN=MAX(0., E-EI)
+        EN=MAX(0.d0, E-EI)
 
         ! Production (SMA) store, saving the total actual evaporation including evaporation from interception store (EI)
         IF(EN.GT.0) THEN