diff --git a/desktop/src/app/image/image.component.ts b/desktop/src/app/image/image.component.ts
index 3e7841167..742f6bc7f 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app/image/image.component.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/app/image/image.component.ts
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ export class ImageComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
         this.solver.pixelSize = preference.solver?.pixelSize ?? 0
         this.starDetection.type = preference.starDetection?.type ?? this.starDetection.type
         this.starDetection.minSNR = preference.starDetection?.minSNR ?? this.preference.starDetectionRequest(this.starDetection.type).get().minSNR ?? this.starDetection.minSNR
-        this.starDetection.maxStars = preference.starDetection?.maxStars ?? this.starDetection.maxStars
+        this.starDetection.maxStars = preference.starDetection?.maxStars ?? this.preference.starDetectionRequest(this.starDetection.type).get().maxStars ?? this.starDetection.maxStars
 
         this.fov.fovs = this.preference.imageFOVs.get()
         this.fov.fovs.forEach(e => { e.enabled = false; e.computed = undefined })
diff --git a/desktop/src/app/settings/settings.component.html b/desktop/src/app/settings/settings.component.html
index e3ba8e467..2e45ca29f 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app/settings/settings.component.html
+++ b/desktop/src/app/settings/settings.component.html
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                                   [path]="starDetectors.get(starDetectorType)!.executablePath" class="w-full"
                                   (pathChange)="starDetectors.get(starDetectorType)!.executablePath = $event; save()" />
             </div>
-            <div class="col-4">
+            <div class="col-4" *ngIf="starDetectorType !== 'SIRIL'">
                 <span class="p-float-label">
                     <p-inputNumber [min]="0" [max]="500" [step]="1" [showButtons]="true" class="w-full" styleClass="p-inputtext-sm border-0 w-full"
                                    [ngModel]="starDetectors.get(starDetectorType)!.minSNR"
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@
                     <label>Min SNR</label>
                 </span>
             </div>
+            <div class="col-4" *ngIf="starDetectorType === 'SIRIL'">
+                <span class="p-float-label">
+                    <p-inputNumber [min]="0" [max]="2000" [step]="1" [showButtons]="true" class="w-full" styleClass="p-inputtext-sm border-0 w-full"
+                                   [ngModel]="starDetectors.get(starDetectorType)!.maxStars"
+                                   (ngModelChange)="starDetectors.get(starDetectorType)!.maxStars = $event; save()" locale="en" [allowEmpty]="false"
+                                   scrollableNumber />
+                    <label>Max stars</label>
+                </span>
+            </div>
             <div class="col-4">
                 <span class="p-float-label">
                     <p-inputNumber styleClass="p-inputtext-sm border-0 w-full" [ngModel]="starDetectors.get(starDetectorType)!.timeout"