diff --git a/signalgen.py b/signalgen.py
index 7db5bf1..e80893d 100755
--- a/signalgen.py
+++ b/signalgen.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def addBurst(values):
 	filterbankObj = Your(values.file)
 	values.file = values.file.strip(".fil") #removing extension for text manipulation later
 	basename = path.basename(values.file)
-	samples = 8096
+	samples = 524288
 	
 	#the full filterbanks use 64GB in RAM when injecting burst, so we write out a truncated version and load that instead.
 	filWriter = Writer(filterbankObj, outdir="./", outname = f"{basename}_trunc", nstart = 0, nsamp = samples)