diff --git a/src/cfclient/ui/tabs/QualisysTab.py b/src/cfclient/ui/tabs/QualisysTab.py
index f7b935fac48b407a176f70598e55f6425e426342..f68d938e04e126adbdf850f5437be1e508c8609d 100644
--- a/src/cfclient/ui/tabs/QualisysTab.py
+++ b/src/cfclient/ui/tabs/QualisysTab.py
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ class QualisysTab(Tab, qualisys_tab_class):
             # init scf
             self.scf = _scf
             cf = self.scf.cf
+            cf.param.set_value('stabilizer.estimator', '2')
             self.reset_estimator(self.scf)
 
             cf.param.set_value('flightmode.posSet', '1')