diff --git a/modules/seq/alg/pymod/wrap_seq_alg.cc b/modules/seq/alg/pymod/wrap_seq_alg.cc
index 212ad8e35cb520c51757e1874eb027f4acc2f9f9..6257b736f0868d48334e9e17585964c48875c199 100644
--- a/modules/seq/alg/pymod/wrap_seq_alg.cc
+++ b/modules/seq/alg/pymod/wrap_seq_alg.cc
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(_seq_alg)
   def("MergePairwiseAlignments", &MergePairwiseAlignments);
   def("Conservation", &Conservation, (arg("assign")=true, arg("prop_name")="cons"));
   def("LocalAlign", &LocalAlign, (arg("seq1"), arg("seq2"), arg("subst_weight"), 
-      arg("gap_open")=-10, arg("gap_ext")=-5));
+      arg("gap_open")=-5, arg("gap_ext")=-2));
 
 }