diff --git a/mesocircuit/parameterization/base_analysis_params.py b/mesocircuit/parameterization/base_analysis_params.py
index cfcc9cb..6a70ec9 100644
--- a/mesocircuit/parameterization/base_analysis_params.py
+++ b/mesocircuit/parameterization/base_analysis_params.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     # time interval for computing correlation coefficients (in ms).
     # a good choice is equal to the refractory time.
     # it can also be an iterable list of time intervals, e.g., [2., 50., 200.]
-    'ccs_time_interval': 2.0,
+    'ccs_time_interval': 2.,
 
     # number of data points used in each block for the FFT
     'psd_NFFT': 512,