diff --git a/croppie.js b/croppie.js
index 2652d0ef..0d6767bf 100755
--- a/croppie.js
+++ b/croppie.js
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
             _setZoomerVal.call(self, scale < zoomer.min ? zoomer.min : zoomer.max);
         }
         else if (initial) {
-            defaultInitialZoom = Math.max((boundaryData.width / imgData.width), (boundaryData.height / imgData.height));
+            defaultInitialZoom = Math.min((boundaryData.width / imgData.width), (boundaryData.height / imgData.height));
             initialZoom = self.data.boundZoom !== null ? self.data.boundZoom : defaultInitialZoom;
             _setZoomerVal.call(self, initialZoom);
         }