diff --git a/benchmarks/full/full_reconstruction.sh b/benchmarks/full/full_reconstruction.sh
index c0b57c645b22a63f21a342642c661bbafa6703ee..f8482b088edf8bb22049639c95046f52991029d1 100644
--- a/benchmarks/full/full_reconstruction.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/full/full_reconstruction.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}" ]] ; then
   export JUGGLER_N_EVENTS=1000
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -n  "${PARTICLE}" ]] ; then
+  export PARTICLE="electron"
+fi
+
 if [[ ! -n  "${PMIN}" ]] ; then
   export PMIN=1.0
 fi