diff --git a/Manifest.toml b/Manifest.toml
index 8d88c52..a7fe20c 100644
--- a/Manifest.toml
+++ b/Manifest.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
 
-julia_version = "1.10.3"
+julia_version = "1.10.4"
 manifest_format = "2.0"
 project_hash = "b7e1f171d36dc4812d6c1445da530f513320e6cd"
 
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ version = "1.14.0"
 
 [[deps.JuliaInterpreter]]
 deps = ["CodeTracking", "InteractiveUtils", "Random", "UUIDs"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "e9648d90370e2d0317f9518c9c6e0841db54a90b"
+git-tree-sha1 = "a6adc2dcfe4187c40dc7c2c9d2128e326360e90a"
 uuid = "aa1ae85d-cabe-5617-a682-6adf51b2e16a"
-version = "0.9.31"
+version = "0.9.32"
 
 [[deps.LibCURL]]
 deps = ["LibCURL_jll", "MozillaCACerts_jll"]
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ uuid = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 
 [[deps.LogExpFunctions]]
 deps = ["DocStringExtensions", "IrrationalConstants", "LinearAlgebra"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "18144f3e9cbe9b15b070288eef858f71b291ce37"
+git-tree-sha1 = "a2d09619db4e765091ee5c6ffe8872849de0feea"
 uuid = "2ab3a3ac-af41-5b50-aa03-7779005ae688"
-version = "0.3.27"
+version = "0.3.28"
 
     [deps.LogExpFunctions.extensions]
     LogExpFunctionsChainRulesCoreExt = "ChainRulesCore"
diff --git a/src/mcts.jl b/src/mcts.jl
index 5eff50b..47f7d34 100644
--- a/src/mcts.jl
+++ b/src/mcts.jl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ julia>
 # Signature
 """
 function selectChildNode(node::MCTSNode)::MCTSNode
-  highestProgressValue = 0
+  highestProgressValue = -1
   nodekey = nothing
 
   # loop thought node children dictionary to find the highest progress value