diff --git a/sbndcode/Decoders/PMT/pmtdecoder.fcl b/sbndcode/Decoders/PMT/pmtdecoder.fcl
index 421fe92a5..ea2f7cc1b 100644
--- a/sbndcode/Decoders/PMT/pmtdecoder.fcl
+++ b/sbndcode/Decoders/PMT/pmtdecoder.fcl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pmtdecoder:
     hist_evt:        1  # the # of the event used to generate the histograms, 1st event by default 
 
     # trigger configurable
-    mon_threshold:   15 # ADC channel value threshold to add 1 to the trigger response MON pulse
+    mon_threshold:   50 # ADC channel value threshold to add 1 to the trigger response MON pulse
 
     # for when the fragIDs are mapped to the old configuration or you need to hardcode fragids...
     ## to use this, must set `fragid_offset` to 0!!!
diff --git a/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_Defaults.fcl b/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_Defaults.fcl
index 6e6a4bad2..eb457716d 100644
--- a/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_Defaults.fcl
+++ b/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_Defaults.fcl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BeamRatesCalib:
     # Save some example trigger pulses for each flash (TH1D similar to wvfana)
     SaveAllMon: true
     # The MON threshold used in the saved TH1D examples
-    FCLthreshold: 25 
+    FCLthreshold: 50 
     # PMT index corresponding to the opening of the beam acceptance BeamWindowEnd
     # Note that BeamWindowStart should not account for MTC/A wire+processing delays
     # Those are handled by CAENOffset
diff --git a/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_module.cc b/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_module.cc
index a73fa78b6..b4fd79b84 100755
--- a/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_module.cc
+++ b/sbndcode/OpDetSim/BeamRatesCalib_module.cc
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace opdet { //OpDet means optical detector
     fBeamWindowEnd = p.get<int>("BeamWindowEnd", 1688+680);
     fSaveAllMON = p.get<bool>("SaveAllMon", false);
     fCheckTriggers = p.get<bool>("CheckHardwareTriggers", false); //Needs MTCA LLT to be digitized which is unusual (run 15670)
-    fFCLthreshold        = p.get<int>("FCLthreshold", 15);
+    fFCLthreshold        = p.get<int>("FCLthreshold", 50);
     fOpDetsToPlot    = p.get<std::vector<std::string> >("OpDetsToPlot");
     fCheckSoftTrig = p.get<bool>("CheckSoftTrig", false);
     fSoftTrigLabel = p.get<std::string>("SoftTrigLabel", "pmtmetricproducer:");
diff --git a/sbndcode/OpDetSim/opdetdigitizer_sbnd.fcl b/sbndcode/OpDetSim/opdetdigitizer_sbnd.fcl
index c26eb170c..ebc8ad62e 100755
--- a/sbndcode/OpDetSim/opdetdigitizer_sbnd.fcl
+++ b/sbndcode/OpDetSim/opdetdigitizer_sbnd.fcl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sbnd_opdetdigitizer:
   ApplyTriggers:             true  #optional
   ticksPerSlice:             5000 # corresponds to 10us
   PercentTicksBeforeCross:             0.2
-  MonThreshold:             15
+  MonThreshold:             50
   PairMultiplicityThreshold:             4 
 
   @table::sbnd_digipmt_alg