diff --git a/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py b/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py
index 03368cf38c721ebff88e4fe072ccd750edb7ff40..b40f1021f5d3eb69b6a02aa56efb330828826026 100644
--- a/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py
+++ b/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ class KerncraftParameters(DotDict):
         self['cache_predictor'] = 'SIM'
         self['verbose'] = 0
         self['pointer_increment'] = 'auto'
+        self['iterations'] = 10
+
 
 # ------------------------------------------- Helper functions ---------------------------------------------------------