--- a/ideas.xml	Tue Aug 22 13:43:38 2017 -0400
+++ b/ideas.xml	Tue Aug 22 14:24:34 2017 -0400
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         <param name="burnin_num" type="integer" value="20" min="1" label="Number of burnin steps"/>
         <param name="mcmc_num" type="integer" value="20" min="1" label="Number of maximization steps"/>
         <param name="min_standard_dev" type="float" value="0.5" min="0" label="Minimum standard deviation for the emission Gaussian distribution" help="Zero value results in the default value: 0.5"/>
-        <param name="max_standard_dev" type="float" value="0" min="0" label="Maximum standard deviation for the emission Gaussian distribution" help="Zero value results in the default value: infinity"/>
+        <param name="max_standard_dev" type="float" value="1000000" min="0" label="Maximum standard deviation for the emission Gaussian distribution" help="Zero value results in the default value: 1000000"/>
     </inputs>
     <outputs>
         <data name="output_log" format="txt" label="${tool.name} (ideas output log) on ${on_string}"/>