diff --git a/parm/config/config.fv3 b/parm/config/config.fv3
index b7ecee8ab9..1336298088 100755
--- a/parm/config/config.fv3
+++ b/parm/config/config.fv3
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ case $case_in in
         export layout_x_gfs=16
         export layout_y_gfs=12
         export npe_wav=140
-        export npe_wav_gfs=440
+        export npe_wav_gfs=140
         export nth_fv3=4
         export nth_fv3_gfs=4
         export cdmbgwd="4.0,0.15,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling