diff --git a/klayout/EBeam/pymacros/pcells_EBeam/ebeam_taper_te1550.py b/klayout/EBeam/pymacros/pcells_EBeam/ebeam_taper_te1550.py
index 6ac2b8b9..a17d2b1c 100644
--- a/klayout/EBeam/pymacros/pcells_EBeam/ebeam_taper_te1550.py
+++ b/klayout/EBeam/pymacros/pcells_EBeam/ebeam_taper_te1550.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             "wg_length",
             self.TypeDouble,
             "Waveguide Length (CML only supports a range of 1-10)",
-            default=10,
+            default=50,
         )
         self.param(
             "pinrec", self.TypeLayer, "PinRec Layer", default=TECHNOLOGY["PinRec"]