diff --git a/micro_sam/models/peft_sam.py b/micro_sam/models/peft_sam.py
index febbccf6..c1b5dcc6 100644
--- a/micro_sam/models/peft_sam.py
+++ b/micro_sam/models/peft_sam.py
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ def __init__(self, rank: int, block: nn.Module):
         super().__init__()
         self.qkv_proj = block.attn.qkv
         self.dim = self.qkv_proj.in_features
+        self.alpha = 1  # From our experiments, 'alpha' as 1 gives the best performance.
+        self.rank = rank
 
-        self.w_a_linear_q = nn.Linear(self.dim, rank, bias=False)
-        self.w_b_linear_q = nn.Linear(rank, self.dim, bias=False)
-        self.w_a_linear_v = nn.Linear(self.dim, rank, bias=False)
-        self.w_b_linear_v = nn.Linear(rank, self.dim, bias=False)
+        self.w_a_linear_q = nn.Linear(self.dim, self.rank, bias=False)
+        self.w_b_linear_q = nn.Linear(self.rank, self.dim, bias=False)
+        self.w_a_linear_v = nn.Linear(self.dim, self.rank, bias=False)
+        self.w_b_linear_v = nn.Linear(self.rank, self.dim, bias=False)
 
         self.reset_parameters()
 
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ def reset_parameters(self):
 
     def forward(self, x):
         qkv = self.qkv_proj(x)  # B, N, N, 3 * org_C
-        new_q = self.w_b_linear_q(self.w_a_linear_q(x))
-        new_v = self.w_b_linear_v(self.w_a_linear_v(x))
+        new_q = self.alpha * self.w_b_linear_q(self.w_a_linear_q(x))
+        new_v = self.alpha * self.w_b_linear_v(self.w_a_linear_v(x))
         qkv[:, :, :, :self.dim] += new_q
         qkv[:, :, :, -self.dim:] += new_v
         return qkv
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ def allow_gradient_update_for_parameters(
         Args:
             prefix: Matches the part of parameter name in front.
             suffix: Matches the part of parameter name at the end.
-            infix: Matches parts of parameter name occuring in between. 
+            infix: Matches parts of parameter name occuring in between.
         """
         for k, v in self.block.named_parameters():
             if prefix is not None and k.startswith(tuple(prefix)):