diff --git a/src/main/java/reciter/controller/ReCiterController.java b/src/main/java/reciter/controller/ReCiterController.java
index c7b042e3..0828748b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reciter/controller/ReCiterController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reciter/controller/ReCiterController.java
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ public ResponseEntity runFeatureGenerator(@RequestParam(value = "uid") String ui
         stopWatch.start("Feature generation for UID");
         
         final double totalScore;
+        if(authorshipLikelihoodScore == null) {
         	totalScore = totalArticleScoreStandardizedDefault; // Configuring the totalScore in multiple of 10's in application.properties file
         } else {
         	totalScore = authorshipLikelihoodScore; // Configuring the totalScore in multiple of 10's in application.properties file