diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/SingleSampleGenotyper.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/SingleSampleGenotyper.java
index e11ad1341..f2df6f908 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/SingleSampleGenotyper.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/SingleSampleGenotyper.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class SingleSampleGenotyper extends LocusWalker<AlleleFrequencyEstimate,
     @Argument(fullName="metrics",required=true)
     public String metricsFileName;
 
-    @Argument(fullName="lodThreshold",shortName="lod",required=false,defaultValue="0.0")
+    @Argument(fullName="lodThreshold",shortName="lod",required=false,defaultValue="5.0")
     public Double lodThreshold;
 
     @Argument(fullName="fourBaseMode",required=false,defaultValue="false")