diff --git a/pipelines/association_testing_control_for_common_variants.snakefile b/pipelines/association_testing_control_for_common_variants.snakefile
index 2933550c..07fbdee5 100644
--- a/pipelines/association_testing_control_for_common_variants.snakefile
+++ b/pipelines/association_testing_control_for_common_variants.snakefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ phecode_dict = {'Apolipoprotein_A': 30630,
 
 gtf_file = 'gencode.v34lift37.annotation.gtf.gz'
 genotype_base_dir = 'genotypes/'
-padding = 500
+padding = 500000
 
 burden_phenotype = phenotypes[0]