diff --git a/examples/plot_sandwich.py b/examples/plot_sandwich.py
index 0e7658d3..84e53d07 100644
--- a/examples/plot_sandwich.py
+++ b/examples/plot_sandwich.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def sandwich_demo():
   mls = [
       LMNN(),
       ITML_Supervised(num_constraints=200),
-      SDML_Supervised(num_constraints=200),
+      SDML_Supervised(num_constraints=200, balance_param=0.001),
       LSML_Supervised(num_constraints=200),
   ]