diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe
index 31f76a3f992078497e9964e65577c0c30c7d5dc9..77a4c88815fb086ef09d78936cf7e9b7a21945b2 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_pipe
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ def rank_and_merge(dag, createPriorDistStatsJob, calcRankPDFsJob, calcRankPDFsWi
 		# the time being.
 		priornode = dagparts.DAGNode(createPriorDistStatsJob, dag,
 				parent_nodes = [one_ifo_svd_nodes[n]] + mass_model_add_node or [],
-				opts = {"instrument":instrument_set, "background-prior":10000, "min-instruments":options.min_instruments, "df": "bandwidth"},
+				opts = {"instrument":instrument_set, "background-prior":10000, "min-instruments":options.min_instruments, "df": "bandwidth", "coincidence-threshold":options.coincidence_threshold},
 				input_files = {"svd-file":one_ifo_svd_nodes[n].output_files["write-svd"], "mass-model-file":mass_model_file, "psd-xml": ref_psd},
 				output_files = {"write-likelihood":dagparts.T050017_filename(instruments, '%04d_CREATE_PRIOR_DIST_STATS' % (n,), boundary_seg, '.xml.gz', path = createPriorDistStatsJob.output_path)}
 			)