diff --git a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/Options.java b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/Options.java
index 8b157e0ae..eeee141a6 100644
--- a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/Options.java
+++ b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/Options.java
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ public class Options {
 
     public static final Option WLA_SEARCH_DIRICHLET_ALPHA = new Option(
         "search.dirichletalpha",
-        0.05,
+        1.0,
         "The alpha parameter for the dirichlet distribution of the weight sampler."
     );