diff --git a/examples/ActivityDrivenReluctance/conf.toml b/examples/ActivityDrivenReluctance/conf.toml
index 668891b..52b1005 100644
--- a/examples/ActivityDrivenReluctance/conf.toml
+++ b/examples/ActivityDrivenReluctance/conf.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ mean_weights = false    # Use the meanfield approximation of the network edges
 
 reluctances = true       # Assigns a "reluctance" (m_i) to each agent. By default; false and every agent has a reluctance of 1
 reluctance_mean = 1.0    # Mean of distribution before drawing from a truncated normal distribution (default set to 1.0)
-reluctance_sigma = 0.25  # Width of normal distribution (before truncating)
+reluctance_sigma = 0.15  # Width of normal distribution (before truncating)
 reluctance_eps = 0.01    # Minimum such that the normal distribution is truncated at this value
+covariance_factor = 0.0  # 0.0 means that the reluctances and activities are uncorrelated. Should be in the range of [-1,1]
 
 [network]
 number_of_agents = 1000
diff --git a/include/models/ActivityDrivenModel.hpp b/include/models/ActivityDrivenModel.hpp
index 7418e4c..64a1223 100644
--- a/include/models/ActivityDrivenModel.hpp
+++ b/include/models/ActivityDrivenModel.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class ActivityDrivenModelAbstract : public Model<AgentT_>
               reluctance_mean( settings.reluctance_mean ),
               reluctance_sigma( settings.reluctance_sigma ),
               reluctance_eps( settings.reluctance_eps ),
+              covariance_factor( settings.covariance_factor ),
               n_bots( settings.n_bots ),
               bot_m( settings.bot_m ),
               bot_activity( settings.bot_activity ),
diff --git a/src/config_parser.cpp b/src/config_parser.cpp
index 63c8456..ac48587 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/config_parser.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void parse_activity_settings( auto & model_settings, const auto & toml_model_opt
     set_if_specified( model_settings.mean_activities, toml_model_opt["mean_activities"] );
     set_if_specified( model_settings.mean_weights, toml_model_opt["mean_weights"] );
     // Reluctances
+    set_if_specified( model_settings.covariance_factor, toml_model_opt["covariance_factor"] );
     set_if_specified( model_settings.use_reluctances, toml_model_opt["reluctances"] );
     set_if_specified( model_settings.reluctance_mean, toml_model_opt["reluctance_mean"] );
     set_if_specified( model_settings.reluctance_sigma, toml_model_opt["reluctance_sigma"] );
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ void validate_settings( const SimulationOptions & options )
         check( name_and_var( model_settings.reluctance_mean ), g_zero );
         check( name_and_var( model_settings.reluctance_sigma ), g_zero );
         check( name_and_var( model_settings.reluctance_eps ), g_zero );
-        check( name_and_var( model_settings.covariance_factor ), geq_zero );
+        check( name_and_var( model_settings.covariance_factor ), []( auto x ) { return x >= -1.0 && x<=1.0; }  );
         // Bot options
         size_t n_bots             = model_settings.n_bots;
         auto check_bot_size       = [&]( auto x ) { return x.size() >= n_bots; };