diff --git a/scripts/mve.py b/scripts/mve.py
index a2d5b2d2..c18e8922 100644
--- a/scripts/mve.py
+++ b/scripts/mve.py
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class ODMMveCell(ecto.Cell):
 
             # config
             config = [
+                
+                "-o%s" % self.params.output_scale
+                
             ]
 
             # run mve