diff --git a/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem.h b/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem.h
index 2b9070ed4..90c4b2b1b 100644
--- a/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem.h
+++ b/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem.h
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ namespace dlib
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_ASSERTS
             const double psi_score = dot(psi, current_solution);
-            DLIB_CASSERT(std::abs(psi_score-total_score) <= 1e-6 * std::max(1.0,std::max(std::abs(psi_score),std::abs(total_score))),
+            DLIB_CASSERT(std::abs(psi_score-total_score) <= 1e-5 * std::max(1.0,std::max(std::abs(psi_score),std::abs(total_score))),
                         "\t The get_feature_vector() and detect() methods of image_scanner_type are not in sync." 
                         << "\n\t The relative error is too large to be attributed to rounding error."
                         << "\n\t error:       " << std::abs(psi_score-total_score)