diff --git a/examples/rapthor.parset b/examples/rapthor.parset
index 5015d71ba62b9158b9adeef96fbbb32a988d7cee..cf8fa21718ed2ce8a5006c2646c6a37af8aa044f 100644
--- a/examples/rapthor.parset
+++ b/examples/rapthor.parset
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ input_ms = /data/ms/*.ms
 # onebeamperpatch = False
 # stepsize = 0.02
 # tolerance = 5e-3
-# solve_min_uv_lambda = 2000.0
+# solve_min_uv_lambda = 350.0
 # parallelbaselines = False
 
 # Fast solve parameters (defaults shown):
diff --git a/rapthor/lib/parset.py b/rapthor/lib/parset.py
index 74e14b7e42c10bbbe7e886068a042c0d3e1c4c7a..003c5b8d869a13b816d6ad47bdf5f6ee2329d342 100644
--- a/rapthor/lib/parset.py
+++ b/rapthor/lib/parset.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def get_calibration_options(parset):
     if 'solve_min_uv_lambda' in parset_dict:
         parset_dict['solve_min_uv_lambda'] = parset.getfloat('calibration', 'solve_min_uv_lambda')
     else:
-        parset_dict['solve_min_uv_lambda'] = 2000.0
+        parset_dict['solve_min_uv_lambda'] = 350.0
 
     # Calculate the beam correction once per calibration patch (default = False)? If
     # False, the beam correction is calculated separately for each source in the patch.