diff --git a/examples/funcalign/sssrm_image_prediction_example.py b/examples/funcalign/sssrm_image_prediction_example.py
index 2b0406413..d5e99db84 100644
--- a/examples/funcalign/sssrm_image_prediction_example.py
+++ b/examples/funcalign/sssrm_image_prediction_example.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         labels_validation[s] = labels[idx_validation]
 
     # Run SS-SRM with the movie data and training image data
-    model = brainiak.funcalign.sssrm.SSSRM(n_iter=10, features=50, gamma=1.0, cost=0.2)
+    model = brainiak.funcalign.sssrm.SSSRM(n_iter=10, features=50, gamma=1.0, alpha=0.2)
     model.fit(movie_data, labels_train, image_data_train)
 
     # Predict on the validation samples and check results