diff --git a/fastlib2/contrib/dongryel/regression/krylov_lpr.h b/fastlib2/contrib/dongryel/regression/krylov_lpr.h
index fcf60a612f..248de1c8f2 100644
--- a/fastlib2/contrib/dongryel/regression/krylov_lpr.h
+++ b/fastlib2/contrib/dongryel/regression/krylov_lpr.h
@@ -474,8 +474,12 @@ class KrylovLpr {
     else {
       printf("Using the nearest neighbor method...\n");
       AllkNN all_knn;
-      double knn_factor = fx_param_double(module_, "knn_factor", 0.2);
+      double knn_factor = fx_param_double(NULL, "knn_factor", 0.02);
       int knns = (int) (knn_factor * rset_.n_cols());
+
+      printf("Each reference point will look for %d nearest neighbors...\n",
+	     knns);
+
       all_knn.Init(rset_, 20, knns);
       ArrayList<index_t> resulting_neighbors;
       ArrayList<double> distances;