diff --git a/geomagio/algorithm/SqDistAlgorithm.py b/geomagio/algorithm/SqDistAlgorithm.py
index 61b67ad95be80af06c5e56aef6c52f731e0a9f25..ead49dab2d5929143e1a0da3a07a7b647c0ea83c 100644
--- a/geomagio/algorithm/SqDistAlgorithm.py
+++ b/geomagio/algorithm/SqDistAlgorithm.py
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ class SqDistAlgorithm(Algorithm):
                 help='Smoothing parameter for secular variation',
                 type=float)
         parser.add_argument('--sqdist-beta',
-                default=1.0 / 1440.0 / 30,
-                help='Smoothing parameter for slope, default 0',
+                default=0,
+                help='Smoothing parameter for slope',
                 type=float)
         parser.add_argument('--sqdist-gamma',
                 default=1.0 / 30,