diff --git a/src/extraction/core/functions/defaults.py b/src/extraction/core/functions/defaults.py
index ad95d5ff9917f68dd9bd4b810657c9556744f4bb..2d715c80b5b035e5d002fcd94c2b77cda63feee7 100644
--- a/src/extraction/core/functions/defaults.py
+++ b/src/extraction/core/functions/defaults.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def exparams_from_meta(
     default_metrics = {
         "mean",
         "median",
+        "std",
         "imBackground",
         "max5px",
         "nuc_est_conv",