diff --git a/scripts/process_data.py b/scripts/process_data.py
index d606de522..482f27c98 100755
--- a/scripts/process_data.py
+++ b/scripts/process_data.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def main(
     output_dir: Path,
     num_frames_target: int = 300,
     camera_type: Literal["perspective", "fisheye"] = "perspective",
-    num_downscales: int = 0,
+    num_downscales: int = 3,
     skip_colmap: bool = False,
     gpu: bool = True,
     verbose: bool = False,