diff --git a/modules/streamnodes/rendering/renderablestreamnodes.cpp b/modules/streamnodes/rendering/renderablestreamnodes.cpp
index 28a22c0fc8..45905ae50f 100644
--- a/modules/streamnodes/rendering/renderablestreamnodes.cpp
+++ b/modules/streamnodes/rendering/renderablestreamnodes.cpp
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ RenderableStreamNodes::RenderableStreamNodes(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary
     , _pFluxNodeskipThreshold(FluxNodeskipThresholdInfo, 0, -20, 10)
     , _pRadiusNodeSkipThreshold(RadiusNodeSkipThresholdInfo, 0.f, 0.f, 5.f)
     , _pEarthdistGroup({ "Earthfocus" })
-    , _pDistanceThreshold(DistanceThresholdInfo, 0.0f, 0.0f, 500000000000.0f)
+    , _pDistanceThreshold(DistanceThresholdInfo, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f)
     , _pActiveStreamNumber(ActiveStreamNumberInfo, 0, 0, _numberofStreams)
     , _pMisalignedIndex(MisalignedIndexInfo, 0, -5, 20)
     , _pFlowColor(
diff --git a/modules/streamnodes/shaders/streamnodes_vs.glsl b/modules/streamnodes/shaders/streamnodes_vs.glsl
index 6ad28c29d3..8737050e6e 100644
--- a/modules/streamnodes/shaders/streamnodes_vs.glsl
+++ b/modules/streamnodes/shaders/streamnodes_vs.glsl
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void CheckdistanceMethod() {
         vs_closeToEarth = 0;
 
        //if(distancevec < maxdist){
-          if(distancevec < distanceThreshold && usingPulse){ 
+          if(distancevec < AUtoMeter * distanceThreshold && usingPulse){ 
                 vs_closeToEarth = 1;
                 gl_PointSize = gl_PointSize * 5;
                 vec4 fluxColor = getTransferFunctionColor(colorTable);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void CheckdistanceMethod() {
              vec4 fluxColor = getTransferFunctionColor(colorTableCMR);
              vs_color = vec4(fluxColor.xyz, fluxColorAlpha);
         }
-        if(distance(earthPos, in_position) < distanceThreshold){
+        if(distance(earthPos, in_position) < AUtoMeter * distanceThreshold){
             if(mod(gl_VertexID, nodeSkipEarth) == 0){
             DecidehowtoshowClosetoEarth();
             }