diff --git a/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py b/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
index d34f53f51315425ad246591ca5a7e62f834b83cb..74b31ae8536f790f225fd78f9829444dbccc935a 100644
--- a/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
+++ b/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def get_search_box(nav, lon, lat):
 # aeolus_dict: time -> profiles
 # amv_files_path: directory containing AMVs, '/home/user/amvdir/'
 # return dict: aeolus time -> tuple (amv_lon, amv_lat, amv_pres, amv_spd, amv_dir)
-def match_amvs_to_aelous(aeolus_dict, amv_files_path, amv_source='OPS', band='C14'):
+def match_amvs_to_aelous(aeolus_dict, amv_files_path, amv_source='OPS', band='14'):
     nav = GEOSNavigation()
     match_dict = {}