diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index 56a96694d2df9bde9f841b3cdbd5edd3d493f37c..a9c605a7063d98486a72952465815eada186fe78 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def run_all(directory):
                 #     continue
 
                 try:
-                    run(l1b_h5f, None, l1b_tiles, l2_tiles)
+                    run(l1b_h5f, None, l1b_tiles, l2_tiles, factor=1)
                 except:
                     l1b_h5f.close()
                     # l2_h5f.close()