diff --git a/limitSetting/limitSetting.py b/limitSetting/limitSetting.py
index a911a37a9faa98c02b40ce81418417d3c224c26d..71fdf1fa54173ea6fc5975bda907960b07a1a894 100644
--- a/limitSetting/limitSetting.py
+++ b/limitSetting/limitSetting.py
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ def writeLimitsToCSV( limitDict ):
     import numpy as np
     result = {}
     with open('output.json', 'w') as f:
-        result['loss'] = np.square(limit-1) # assuming limit is in fb, this is to find out the parameters that gives close limit to 1fb
+        result['loss'] = limit
         print(result)
         json.dump(result, f, indent=2)