diff --git a/R/greedyMix.R b/R/greedyMix.R
index 13e9a6d..3bff02b 100644
--- a/R/greedyMix.R
+++ b/R/greedyMix.R
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #' greedyMix(data, "baps")
 #' } # TEMP: unwrap once #24 is resolved
 greedyMix <- function(
-  data, format = gsub("^.*\\.", "", data), partitionCompare = NULL, npops = 1L,
+  data, format = gsub("^.*\\.", "", data), partitionCompare = NULL, npops = 3L,
   counts = NULL, sumcounts = NULL, max_iter = 100L, alleleCodes = NULL,
   inp = NULL, popnames = NULL, fixedK = FALSE, verbose = FALSE
 ) {
diff --git a/man/greedyMix.Rd b/man/greedyMix.Rd
index f9c58a6..2d1a0e4 100644
--- a/man/greedyMix.Rd
+++ b/man/greedyMix.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ greedyMix(
   data,
   format = gsub("^.*\\\\.", "", data),
   partitionCompare = NULL,
-  npops = 1L,
+  npops = 3L,
   counts = NULL,
   sumcounts = NULL,
   max_iter = 100L,