diff --git a/source/model_utils.py b/source/model_utils.py
index fa953e8e05d348e34b42c2faa9f303aed5fe1ddb..270c909818c8dec7649746690d11d4e92fcd4674 100644
--- a/source/model_utils.py
+++ b/source/model_utils.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class Entropy_regulariser(Layer):
     Identity layer that adds cluster weight entropy to the loss function
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, weight=1., *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, weight=1.0, *args, **kwargs):
         self.weight = weight
         super(Entropy_regulariser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/source/models.py b/source/models.py
index d3c0c9e008ed119026110baacaf4bd7a6f21f855..a16c562b8769336e4fe35e5457f91cda967d4381 100644
--- a/source/models.py
+++ b/source/models.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class SEQ_2_SEQ_GMVAE:
         number_of_components=1,
         predictor=True,
         overlap_loss=False,
-        entropy_reg_weight=0.,
+        entropy_reg_weight=1.0,
     ):
         self.input_shape = input_shape
         self.batch_size = batch_size