diff --git a/saqc/funcs/spikes_detection.py b/saqc/funcs/spikes_detection.py
index 3d58b9ae4fd49ab28df6fae50c86b7eb55756894..47086b81f3d493e89bb8ce48fd6968ad934246dc 100644
--- a/saqc/funcs/spikes_detection.py
+++ b/saqc/funcs/spikes_detection.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ def spikes_flagMultivarScores(
             scoring_method=scoring_method,
             n_neighbors=n_neighbors,
             iter_start=iter_start,
+            alpha=alpha
         )
 
     else: