diff --git a/macro/run/run_digi.C b/macro/run/run_digi.C
index 880d1b0f466f0f9b114f56924bf56dc78e69baa4..ae259ddd7c9e780ae82a848e7e94db3bed2b2b15 100644
--- a/macro/run/run_digi.C
+++ b/macro/run/run_digi.C
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void run_digi(TString inputEvents = "", Int_t nEvents = -1, TString output = "",
   // -----   Digitization run   ---------------------------------------------
   CbmDigitization run;
   cbm::sim::Mode mode         = (eventRate < 0. ? cbm::sim::Mode::EventByEvent : cbm::sim::Mode::Timebased);
-  cbm::sim::TimeDist timeDist = cbm::sim::TimeDist::Uniform;
+  cbm::sim::TimeDist timeDist = cbm::sim::TimeDist::Poisson;
   run.AddInput(0, evntFile, timeDist, eventRate);
   if (!eventMode) {
     if (!inputSignal.IsNull()) run.EmbedInput(1, signFile, 0);