diff --git a/opendm/config.py b/opendm/config.py
index 6cf661b8..f33fd029 100755
--- a/opendm/config.py
+++ b/opendm/config.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def config(argv=None, parser=None):
     parser.add_argument('--min-num-features',
                         metavar='<integer>',
                         action=StoreValue,
-                        default=8000,
+                        default=10000,
                         type=int,
                         help=('Minimum number of features to extract per image. '
                               'More features can be useful for finding more matches between images, '