Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin/src/UtilsPlugin/SimplifyWayAction.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin/src/UtilsPlugin/SimplifyWayAction.java	(revision 9369)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin/src/UtilsPlugin/SimplifyWayAction.java	(revision 9370)
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@
 	public void simplifyWay(Way w) {
 		double threshold = Double.parseDouble(
-			Main.pref.get("simplify-way.max-error", "50"));
+			Main.pref.get("simplify-way.max-error", "3"));
 
 		Way wnew = new Way(w);