diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_marginalize_likelihoods_online b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_marginalize_likelihoods_online
index 0cc98df0f0580ab0a37c64a4c1d5475550efe704..7a57c701811776364cb135b31844f199ea3bbc07 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_marginalize_likelihoods_online
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_marginalize_likelihoods_online
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ while true ; do
 		SERVER=$(cat ${REG}) || exit 1
 		ZEROLAG_COUNTS_URLS="${ZEROLAG_COUNTS_URLS} ${SERVER}${ZEROLAG_COUNTS_PATH}"
 	done || break
-	# NOTE we mix in previous samples
+	# NOTE comment this to unmix in previous samples
 	if [ -f ${OUTPUT} ]; then
 		cp -v ${OUTPUT} prev_${OUTPUT}
 		PREV_OUTPUT=prev_${OUTPUT}
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ while true ; do
 		PREV_OUTPUT=""
 	fi
 	echo "Previous output: " ${PREV_OUTPUT}
+	#PREV_OUTPUT=""
+	# ENDNOTE
 	gstlal_inspiral_marginalize_likelihood --verbose --marginalize ranking-stat-pdf --density-estimate-zero-lag --output ${OUTPUT} ${RANKING_PDF_FILES} ${PREV_OUTPUT} ${ZEROLAG_COUNTS_URLS} || break
 	date +"%H:%M:%S" >&2
 	rm -vf ${RANKING_PDF_FILES}