diff --git a/algo/base/Options.cxx b/algo/base/Options.cxx
index 3f3ff92adf2049bd476e74a77e0306c5070e5420..93354ae3866025caf14757b4982266a9e2300931 100644
--- a/algo/base/Options.cxx
+++ b/algo/base/Options.cxx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Options::Options(int argc, char** argv)
       "write log messages to file")
     ("output-types,O", po::value(&fOutputTypes)->multitoken()->default_value({RecoData::Hit})->value_name("<types>"),
       "comma seperated list of reconstruction output types (hit, digi, ...)")
-    ("steps", po::value(&fRecoSteps)->multitoken()->default_value({Step::Unpack, Step::LocalReco})->value_name("<steps>"),
+    ("steps", po::value(&fRecoSteps)->multitoken()->default_value({Step::Unpack, Step::DigiTrigger, Step::LocalReco, Step::Tracking})->value_name("<steps>"),
       "comma seperated list of reconstruction steps (upack, digitrigger, localreco, ...)")
     ("systems,s", po::value(&fDetectors)->multitoken()->default_value({Subsystem::STS, Subsystem::TOF, Subsystem::BMON, Subsystem::MUCH, Subsystem::RICH, Subsystem::TRD, Subsystem::TRD2D})->value_name("<detectors>"),
       "comma seperated list of detectors to process (sts, mvd, ...)")