diff --git a/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/mip/solver_settings.hpp b/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/mip/solver_settings.hpp
index 4a363b1dbc..ed1080d9a3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/mip/solver_settings.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/mip/solver_settings.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <cuopt/mathematical_optimization/mip/heuristics_hyper_params.hpp>
 #include <cuopt/mathematical_optimization/mip/submip_hyper_params.hpp>
 #include <cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/pdlp_hyper_params.cuh>
+#include <cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/solver_settings.hpp>
 #include <cuopt/mathematical_optimization/utilities/internals.hpp>
 
 #include <raft/core/device_span.hpp>
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ class mip_solver_settings_t {
     0};  // 0 = DS only, 1 = cooperative DS + PDLP, 2 = batch PDLP only
   i_t strong_branching_simplex_iteration_limit = -1;
   i_t num_gpus                                 = 1;
-  bool log_to_console                          = true;
+  method_t method{method_t::Concurrent};
+  bool log_to_console = true;
 
   std::string log_file;
   std::string sol_file;
diff --git a/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu b/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
index 9e71ab790e..ac163ce134 100644
--- a/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t>::solver_settings_t() : pdlp_settings(), mip_settings
     {CUOPT_NODE_LIMIT, &mip_settings.node_limit, 0, std::numeric_limits<i_t>::max(), std::numeric_limits<i_t>::max()},
     {CUOPT_PDLP_SOLVER_MODE, reinterpret_cast<int*>(&pdlp_settings.pdlp_solver_mode), CUOPT_PDLP_SOLVER_MODE_STABLE1, CUOPT_PDLP_SOLVER_MODE_STABLE3, CUOPT_PDLP_SOLVER_MODE_STABLE3},
     {CUOPT_METHOD, reinterpret_cast<int*>(&pdlp_settings.method), CUOPT_METHOD_CONCURRENT, CUOPT_METHOD_BARRIER, CUOPT_METHOD_CONCURRENT},
+    {CUOPT_METHOD, reinterpret_cast<int*>(&mip_settings.method), CUOPT_METHOD_CONCURRENT, CUOPT_METHOD_BARRIER, CUOPT_METHOD_CONCURRENT},
     {CUOPT_NUM_CPU_THREADS, &mip_settings.num_cpu_threads, -1, std::numeric_limits<i_t>::max(), -1},
     {CUOPT_AUGMENTED, &pdlp_settings.augmented, -1, 1, -1},
     {CUOPT_FOLDING, &pdlp_settings.folding, -1, 1, -1},
diff --git a/cpp/src/mip_heuristics/diversity/diversity_manager.cu b/cpp/src/mip_heuristics/diversity/diversity_manager.cu
index ec82c4b423..f98aa13e3a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/mip_heuristics/diversity/diversity_manager.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/mip_heuristics/diversity/diversity_manager.cu
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ solution_t<i_t, f_t> diversity_manager_t<i_t, f_t>::run_solver()
     pdlp_settings.time_limit              = lp_time_limit;
     pdlp_settings.first_primal_feasible   = false;
     pdlp_settings.concurrent_halt         = &global_concurrent_halt;
-    pdlp_settings.method                  = method_t::Concurrent;
+    pdlp_settings.method                  = context.settings.method;
     pdlp_settings.inside_mip              = true;
     pdlp_settings.pdlp_solver_mode        = pdlp_solver_mode_t::Stable2;
     pdlp_settings.num_gpus                = context.settings.num_gpus;