diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/constants.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/constants.py
index bbec0c55fd8777edf30cc06e946de17dfe2f7478..8a2dbb7bd75b281e411c3a73cc9686306f6d364b 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/constants.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/constants.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ P_sum = 2
 P_sq = 9
 
 # total number of beamsets
-N_beamsets_sdp = 2
+N_beamsets_max = 2
 # number of beamsets we control
 N_beamsets_ctrl = 1
 # The maximum amount of beamlets the SDP (and we) support