diff --git a/bilby/gw/likelihood/relative.py b/bilby/gw/likelihood/relative.py
index 296e43273a37facb419e10149dcf541ca7925aa4..ddb4d3ee872b3f2c43efb181f4b3fdaba4b3db08 100644
--- a/bilby/gw/likelihood/relative.py
+++ b/bilby/gw/likelihood/relative.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class RelativeBinningGravitationalWaveTransient(GravitationalWaveTransient):
     Likelihood: `bilby.core.likelihood.Likelihood`
         A likelihood object, able to compute the likelihood of the data given
         some model parameters.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    The relative binning likelihood does not currently support calibration marginalization.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, interferometers,
@@ -119,6 +123,12 @@ class RelativeBinningGravitationalWaveTransient(GravitationalWaveTransient):
             logger.info("Drawing fiducial parameters from prior.")
             fiducial_parameters = priors.sample()
         fiducial_parameters["fiducial"] = 0
+        if self.time_marginalization:
+            fiducial_parameters["geocent_time"] = interferometers.start_time
+        if self.distance_marginalization:
+            fiducial_parameters["luminosity_distance"] = self._ref_dist
+        if self.phase_marginalization:
+            fiducial_parameters["phase"] = 0.0
         self.fiducial_parameters = fiducial_parameters
         self.chi = chi
         self.epsilon = epsilon
diff --git a/test/gw/likelihood/relative_binning_test.py b/test/gw/likelihood/relative_binning_test.py
index cab9490003827aa18739930817a0260558aedbf7..2f1352e4174bad7cafe3854644968b91807c40b9 100644
--- a/test/gw/likelihood/relative_binning_test.py
+++ b/test/gw/likelihood/relative_binning_test.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from parameterized import parameterized
 
 
-class TestMBLikelihood(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestRelativeBinningLikelihood(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         duration = 16
         fmin = 20