diff --git a/GUI/Model/FromCore/ItemizeSample.cpp b/GUI/Model/FromCore/ItemizeSample.cpp
index b5e537755225f63878281148f5390af1e2e2706c..985e7e79b02e26371abc59e5eaa9b7916f0f0250 100644
--- a/GUI/Model/FromCore/ItemizeSample.cpp
+++ b/GUI/Model/FromCore/ItemizeSample.cpp
@@ -288,10 +288,9 @@ void set_Roughness(LayerItem* parent, const LayerInterface* top_interface)
     if (top_interface) {
         const LayerRoughness* roughness = top_interface->roughness();
         if (roughness && !(roughness->allZero())) {
-            auto* t = new BasicRoughnessItem;
-            t->setSigma(roughness->sigma());
-            t->setHurst(roughness->hurst());
-            t->setLateralCorrelationLength(roughness->lateralCorrLength());
+            auto* t = new BasicRoughnessItem(roughness->sigma(),
+                                             roughness->hurst(),
+                                             roughness->lateralCorrLength());
             parent->roughnessSelection().setCertainItem(t);
         }
     }
diff --git a/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessCatalog.cpp b/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessCatalog.cpp
index b6ebf75e4fd142571758a07c8f141474ca92697c..0c8d6b937b556613407f46d45526c129d58245d5 100644
--- a/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessCatalog.cpp
+++ b/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessCatalog.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RoughnessItem* RoughnessCatalog::create(Type type)
     case Type::None:
         return nullptr;
     case Type::Basic:
-        return new BasicRoughnessItem;
+        return new BasicRoughnessItem(0., .3, 5.);
     }
     ASSERT_NEVER;
 }
diff --git a/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.cpp b/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.cpp
index 2037a7a04cee0ff90bfad82899037cbeb6823e79..0aae41d68d8c62fe6c704d7d7c0112fb3e8abaea 100644
--- a/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.cpp
+++ b/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.cpp
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ const QString LateralCorrelationLength("LateralCorrelationLength");
 } // namespace Tag
 } // namespace
 
-BasicRoughnessItem::BasicRoughnessItem()
+BasicRoughnessItem::BasicRoughnessItem(double sigma, double hurst, double corr_length)
 {
-    m_sigma.init("Sigma (nm)", "rms of the roughness", 0.0, "sigma");
+    m_sigma.init("Sigma (nm)", "rms of the roughness", sigma, "sigma");
     m_hurst.init("Hurst",
                  "Hurst parameter which describes how jagged the interface,\n "
                  "dimensionless [0.0, 1.0], where 0.0 gives more spikes, \n1.0 more smoothness.",
-                 0.3, 3, RealLimits::limited(0.0, 1.0), "hurst");
+                 hurst, 3, RealLimits::limited(0.0, 1.0), "hurst");
     m_lateral_correlation_length.init(
-        "Correlation length (nm)", "Lateral correlation length of the roughness", 5.0, "corrLen");
+        "Correlation length (nm)", "Lateral correlation length of the roughness", corr_length,
+        "corrLen");
 }
 
 void BasicRoughnessItem::writeTo(QXmlStreamWriter* w) const
diff --git a/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.h b/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.h
index ecaa4c8a2493e1944c2cc58f44b435d8e38cab16..a454d9c8599a24762df46f9a300f3c4db6879271 100644
--- a/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.h
+++ b/GUI/Model/Sample/RoughnessItems.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ protected:
 
 class BasicRoughnessItem : public RoughnessItem {
 public:
-    BasicRoughnessItem();
+    BasicRoughnessItem(double sigma, double hurst, double corr_length);
 
     DoubleProperty& sigma() { return m_sigma; }
     const DoubleProperty& sigma() const { return m_sigma; }