diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index d440e5c04abe3402c85088dd94841e9a11a2ae0c..361127212169cc3e83e28af8f2df7b9db0ae5cd7 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def run_all(directory, out_directory):
 
                 try:
                     # run(data_h5f, label_h5f, data_tiles, label_tiles, mod_tile_width=32, kernel_size=5)
-                    run_one(data_h5f, data_tiles, tile_width=64, kernel_size=5)
+                    run_one(data_h5f, data_tiles, tile_width=64, kernel_size=7)
                 except Exception as e:
                     print(e)
                     data_h5f.close()
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ def run(data_h5f, label_h5f, data_tiles, label_tiles, mod_tile_width=64, kernel_
 
 def run_one(data_h5f, data_tiles, tile_width=64, kernel_size=9):
 
-    # border = int((kernel_size - 1)/2)
-    border = 0
+    border = int((kernel_size - 1)/2)
 
     param_name = data_params[0]