diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index dc86a236ca32afa22356427909d002be6f19bc2c..6989c1c23be9f6164a7381e251b5dd0ac3930923 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 -   Create (but do not send) preliminary VOEvents for all superevents.
     No vetting is performed yet.
 
+-   Change FAR threshold for creation of superevents to 1 per day.
+
 ## 0.0.11 (2017-06-27)
 
 -   Submit handler tasks to Celery as a single group.
diff --git a/gwcelery/celery.py b/gwcelery/celery.py
index 185359e1c1a60561553277faa26c1dd27ef7a53c..08f5c8da3238a02f483019ca3623db57dce0e8f3 100644
--- a/gwcelery/celery.py
+++ b/gwcelery/celery.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Base:
     superevent_default_d_t_end = 1.0
     """Default upper extent for superevent segments"""
 
-    superevent_far_threshold = 1.9e-07
+    superevent_far_threshold = 1.15e-05
     """Maximum false alarm rate to consider events superevents."""
 
     orchestrator_timeout = 60.0