diff --git a/src/main/java/de/uni_leipzig/informatik/asv/hdp/HDPGibbsSampler.java b/src/main/java/de/uni_leipzig/informatik/asv/hdp/HDPGibbsSampler.java
index 87bb696..b25c3e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/uni_leipzig/informatik/asv/hdp/HDPGibbsSampler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/uni_leipzig/informatik/asv/hdp/HDPGibbsSampler.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ protected void removeWord(int docID, int i){
 		if (docState.wordCountByTable[table] == 0) { // table is removed
 			totalNumberOfTables--; 
 			numberOfTablesByTopic[k]--; 
-			docState.tableToTopic[table] --; 
+			docState.tableToTopic[table] = -1;
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -414,4 +414,4 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		
 	}
 		
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}