diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg b/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg
index adf9c2134cdcac30a14bde2bf2de55fedc6c5aea..7c1f9078070797d8732e196435404208e975b64d 100755
--- a/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_etg
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ for channel in channels:
 			#       this should be fine
 			flow = rate/4.*0.8
 			# NOTE: Omicron uses fhigh = fnyquist/(1.+(11.)**0.5/qlow) which is approx. fnyquist*0.55. We use different waveforms but this is plausibly okay padding for us too
-			fhigh = rate/2.*0.55
+			fhigh = rate/2.*0.8
 			qhigh = options.qhigh
 		qlow = 4
 		# generate sine-gaussian templates