diff --git a/yaml/csm.yaml b/yaml/csm.yaml
index 2dd8f8680123cbf977c7bd7defcb0c65dd1d33f5..e49547ffad2e34db9e83c7a8acd7a8a99b1a31fa 100644
--- a/yaml/csm.yaml
+++ b/yaml/csm.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ sigma:                        0.2   # Noise of the scan
 # COVARIANCE
 do_compute_covariance:        true
 cov_factor:                   5     # Factor multiplying the cov output of csm
+cov_max_eigv_factor:          5     # Factor multiplying the direction of the max eigenvalue of the cov output of csm