diff --git a/pioreactor/background_jobs/od_reading.py b/pioreactor/background_jobs/od_reading.py
index f0b25b47..cbf56d2f 100644
--- a/pioreactor/background_jobs/od_reading.py
+++ b/pioreactor/background_jobs/od_reading.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def __init__(
         fake_data: bool = False,
         dynamic_gain: bool = True,
         penalizer: float = 0.0,  # smoothing parameter between samples
-        oversampling_count: int = 32,
+        oversampling_count: int = 42,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.fake_data = fake_data