diff --git a/gstlal-burst/bin/gstlal_feature_synchronizer b/gstlal-burst/bin/gstlal_feature_synchronizer
index 13125e1de7ca9be9d2ac71d19eb0db632c76f77e..b64e00d3dab6742ccecd6a63274dfdb90a328b22 100755
--- a/gstlal-burst/bin/gstlal_feature_synchronizer
+++ b/gstlal-burst/bin/gstlal_feature_synchronizer
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class StreamSynchronizer(object):
 
             ### add to queue if timestamp is within timeout
             if feature_subset['timestamp'] >= self.max_timeout():
-                self.add_to_queue(feature_subset['timestamp'], feature_subset['etg_data'])
+                self.add_to_queue(feature_subset['timestamp'], feature_subset['features'])
 
     def fetch_all_data(self):
         """