diff --git a/etc/options b/etc/options
index 157ec69a7f9473d9f9241c5ea22bcdcdaf1a5f95..4ab7ec29e73c264bda11b5ebe6a80242f29cd3ff 100644
--- a/etc/options
+++ b/etc/options
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ hyperlinks = \
 # No. threads used to read from multiple BAM files
 bam_read_thread = 2
 # Max read coverage to display
-bam_max_coverage = 10000
+bam_max_coverage = 1000000
 
 #
 # CHADO DATABASE OPTIONS