diff --git a/grext/main.py b/grext/main.py
index c9aeb9d0ea04496d83fe6079990508f906e50b15..397bb69ef1591963bd6dab650dee9dc5b71cc710 100644
--- a/grext/main.py
+++ b/grext/main.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Extrapolator:
     value of 10."""
 
     def __init__(self, nelectrons: int, nbasis: int, natoms: int,
-            nsteps: int = 10, **kwargs):
+            nsteps: int = 6, **kwargs):
 
         self.nelectrons = nelectrons
         self.nbasis = nbasis