diff --git a/multiarea_model/default_params.py b/multiarea_model/default_params.py
index bbe72df88b54484b920e5030468c77cd076ea747..73dc579b541817e4b2eff76e949ae2c387e4efb3 100644
--- a/multiarea_model/default_params.py
+++ b/multiarea_model/default_params.py
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ General connection parameters
 """
 connection_params = {
     # Whether to apply the stabilization method of
-    # Schuecker, Schmidt et al. (2017). Default is False.
+    # Schuecker, Schmidt et al. (2017). Default is None.
     # Options are True to perform the stabilization or
     # a string that specifies the name of a binary
     # numpy file containing the connectivity matrix
-    'K_stable': False,
+    'K_stable': None,
 
     # Whether to replace all cortico-cortical connections by stationary
     # Poisson input with population-specific rates (het_poisson_stat)