diff --git a/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/Stack.py b/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/Stack.py
index 6e232e2..74d0df4 100755
--- a/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/Stack.py
+++ b/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/Stack.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import os, imp, sys, glob
 import argparse
 import configparser
-import  datetime
+import datetime
 import numpy as np
 import shelve
 import isce
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class run(object):
              configObj.igram = configObj.outDir+'.int'
              configObj.filtIgram = os.path.dirname(configObj.outDir) + '/filt_' + pair[0] + '_'  + pair[1] + '.int'
              configObj.coherence = os.path.dirname(configObj.outDir) + '/filt_' + pair[0] + '_'  + pair[1] + '.cor'
-             configObj.filtStrength = filtStrength
+             #configObj.filtStrength = filtStrength
              configObj.filterCoherence('[Function-2]')
 
              configObj.igram = configObj.filtIgram
diff --git a/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/stackStripMap.py b/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/stackStripMap.py
index 77dafbd..788e888 100755
--- a/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/stackStripMap.py
+++ b/contrib/stack/stripmapStack/stackStripMap.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def createParser():
             help='sub-band band width')
     parser.add_argument('-u', '--unw_method', dest='unwMethod', type=str, default='snaphu'
        , help='unwrapping method (icu, snaphu, or snaphu2stage)')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-f','--filter_strength', dest='filtStrength', type=str, default=filtStrength,
+            help='strength of Goldstein filter applied to the wrapped phase before spatial coherence estimation.'
+                 ' Default: {}'.format(filtStrength))
+
     parser.add_argument('--filter_sigma_x', dest='filterSigmaX', type=str, default='100'
        , help='filter sigma for gaussian filtering the dispersive and nonDispersive phase')