diff --git a/include/error_monitors/mcerr_monitor.hpp b/include/error_monitors/mcerr_monitor.hpp
index a0d2dce..cbe954d 100644
--- a/include/error_monitors/mcerr_monitor.hpp
+++ b/include/error_monitors/mcerr_monitor.hpp
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 class MCERRMonitor :
     public host_error_monitor::base_gpio_monitor::BaseGPIOMonitor
 {
-    const static host_error_monitor::base_gpio_monitor::AssertValue
-        assertValue =
-            host_error_monitor::base_gpio_monitor::AssertValue::lowAssert;
     const size_t cpuNum;
 
     void logEvent() override
@@ -39,9 +36,12 @@
     }
 
   public:
-    MCERRMonitor(boost::asio::io_service& io,
-                 std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> conn,
-                 const std::string& signalName, const size_t cpuNum) :
+    MCERRMonitor(
+        boost::asio::io_service& io,
+        std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> conn,
+        const std::string& signalName,
+        const host_error_monitor::base_gpio_monitor::AssertValue assertValue,
+        const size_t cpuNum) :
         BaseGPIOMonitor(io, conn, signalName, assertValue),
         cpuNum(cpuNum)
     {