diff --git a/mrmustard/math/backend_manager.py b/mrmustard/math/backend_manager.py
index cdaafda02..eecea7d50 100644
--- a/mrmustard/math/backend_manager.py
+++ b/mrmustard/math/backend_manager.py
@@ -1316,8 +1316,7 @@ def DefaultEuclideanOptimizer(self):
     @property
     def euclidean_opt(self):
         r"""The configured Euclidean optimizer."""
-        if not self._euclidean_opt:
-            self._euclidean_opt = self.DefaultEuclideanOptimizer()
+        self._euclidean_opt = self.DefaultEuclideanOptimizer()
         return self._euclidean_opt
 
     # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~