diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VepNormalizer.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VepNormalizer.scala
index 8543b7706670ef40d9a877f27a0bf1b1ed3d77a9..733ebc00d950333811e8101ddb339505818770b5 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VepNormalizer.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VepNormalizer.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class VepNormalizer(val root: Configurable) extends ToolCommandFuntion {
   @Output(doc = "Output VCF", shortName = "OutputFile", required = true)
   var outputVcf: File = null
 
-  var mode: String = config("mode", default = "explode")
+  var mode: String = config("mode", default = "standard")
   var doNotRemove: Boolean = config("donotremove", default = false)
 
   override def defaultCoreMemory = 1.0