diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkWatershedToolGUI.h b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkWatershedToolGUI.h
index ba77d42076..c5b8bbe5f1 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkWatershedToolGUI.h
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitkWatershedToolGUI.h
@@ -1,67 +1,71 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef QmitkWatershedToolGUI_h_Included
 #define QmitkWatershedToolGUI_h_Included
 
 #include "QmitkToolGUI.h"
 #include "mitkWatershedTool.h"
 
 #include "ui_QmitkWatershedToolGUIControls.h"
 
 #include <MitkSegmentationUIExports.h>
 
 /**
   \ingroup org_mitk_gui_qt_interactivesegmentation_internal
   \brief GUI for mitk::WatershedTool.
   \sa mitk::WatershedTool
 
   This GUI shows two sliders to change the watershed parameters. It executes the watershed algorithm by clicking on the
   button.
 
 */
 class MITKSEGMENTATIONUI_EXPORT QmitkWatershedToolGUI : public QmitkToolGUI
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
   mitkClassMacro(QmitkWatershedToolGUI, QmitkToolGUI);
   itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);
   itkCloneMacro(Self);
 
 protected slots :
 
   void OnNewToolAssociated(mitk::Tool *);
 
   void OnSettingsAccept();
 
   void OnSegmentationRegionAccept();
 
   void OnRegionSelectionChanged(const QmitkSimpleLabelSetListWidget::LabelVectorType& selectedLabels);
 
   void OnLevelChanged(double value);
   void OnThresholdChanged(double value);
 
 protected:
   QmitkWatershedToolGUI();
   ~QmitkWatershedToolGUI() override;
 
   void BusyStateChanged(bool value) override;
-  
-  double m_Level = 0.4;
+
+  //Recommendation from ITK is to have a threshold:level ration around 1:100
+  //we set Level a bit higher. This provokes more oversegmentation,
+  //but produces less objects in the first run and profits form the fact that
+  //decreasing level is quite fast in the filter.
+  double m_Level = 0.6;
   double m_Threshold = 0.004;
 
   Ui_QmitkWatershedToolGUIControls m_Controls;
   mitk::WatershedTool::Pointer m_WatershedTool;
 };
 
 #endif