diff --git a/src/shell/lp_frontend.cpp b/src/shell/lp_frontend.cpp
index 8bed24c83..8acbd28ff 100644
--- a/src/shell/lp_frontend.cpp
+++ b/src/shell/lp_frontend.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ void run_solver(lp_params & params, char const * mps_file_name) {
     solver->settings().set_message_ostream(&std::cout);
     solver->settings().report_frequency = params.rep_freq();
     solver->settings().print_statistics = params.print_stats();
+    solver->settings().simplex_strategy() = lean:: simplex_strategy_enum::lu;
+    
     solver->find_maximal_solution();
 
     *(solver->settings().get_message_ostream()) << "status is " << lp_status_to_string(solver->get_status()) << std::endl;