diff --git a/src/psimpy/inference/bayes_inference.py b/src/psimpy/inference/bayes_inference.py
index 183025fac627a66dcfc862e09892f1ff5b74b9da..ce5a21c5d023947ae0d4a3dbf119f6c68cee5f7a 100644
--- a/src/psimpy/inference/bayes_inference.py
+++ b/src/psimpy/inference/bayes_inference.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from psimpy.utility import check_bounds
 
 _min_float = 10**(sys.float_info.min_10_exp)
 _max_float = 10**(sys.float_info.max_10_exp)
-_max_e = np.log(np.array(_max_float, dtype=np.float128))
+_max_e = np.log(np.array(_max_float, dtype=float))
 
 class BayesInferenceBase(ABC):