diff --git a/R/mvgam_setup.R b/R/mvgam_setup.R
index 0f50c584..ae390e72 100644
--- a/R/mvgam_setup.R
+++ b/R/mvgam_setup.R
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ mvgam_setup <- function(formula,
     suppressWarnings(mgcv::gam(formula(formula),
                                data = dat,
                                family = family,
-                               control = list(maxit = maxit,
-                                              epsilon = 5,
-                                              newton = list(conv.tol = 5)),
+                               optimizer = c('outer', 'nlm'),
+                               control = list(maxit = 1,
+                                              epsilon = 1e20,
+                                              rank.tol = 1,
+                                              mgcv.tol = 1e20,
+                                              mgcv.half = 1,
+                                              nlm = list(iterlim = 1)),
                                drop.unused.levels = FALSE,
                                na.action = na.fail,
                                select = TRUE))
@@ -26,9 +30,13 @@ mvgam_setup <- function(formula,
                                data = dat,
                                family = family,
                                knots = knots,
-                               control = list(maxit = maxit,
-                                              epsilon = 5,
-                                              newton = list(conv.tol = 5)),
+                               optimizer = c('outer', 'nlm'),
+                               control = list(maxit = 1,
+                                              epsilon = 1e20,
+                                              rank.tol = 1,
+                                              mgcv.tol = 1e20,
+                                              mgcv.half = 1,
+                                              nlm = list(iterlim = 1)),
                                drop.unused.levels = FALSE,
                                na.action = na.fail,
                                select = TRUE))
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