diff --git a/conf/config.toml b/conf/config.toml
index 6fba10a..c95d714 100644
--- a/conf/config.toml
+++ b/conf/config.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ degreefile = "./output/deg.dat"        # name of file do generate that contains
 communitysizesfile = "./output/cs.dat" # name of file do generate that contains community sizes
 communityfile = "./output/com.dat"     # name of file do generate that contains assignments of vertices to communities
 networkfile = "./output/edge.dat"      # name of file do generate that contains edges of the generated graph
+nout = "100"                  # number of vertices in graph that are outliers; optional parameter
+                              # if nout is passed and is not zero then we require islocal = "false",
+                              # isCL = "false", and xi (not mu) must be passed
+                              # if nout > 0 then it is recommended that xi > 0