diff --git a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/extract_face_and_bg_signals.py b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/extract_face_and_bg_signals.py
index ecb6dcc0bacd859ae1e932e65c6bb081b4d1873d..261906c75172430baf54a5d5d9dd5fae8fed6de0 100644
--- a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/extract_face_and_bg_signals.py
+++ b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/extract_face_and_bg_signals.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def main(user_input=None):
   configuration = load([os.path.join(args['<configuration>'])])
   
   # get various parameters, either from config file or command-line 
-  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', 'all')
+  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', 'None')
   subset = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'subset', '')
   facedir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'facedir', 'face')
   bgdir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'bgdir', 'bg')
diff --git a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/filter.py b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/filter.py
index 0b353bc1ec2c2c47d095731b592a62e3c44d1542..2bcd7ccdd4af28d23001e55f25f6c2f0c630fd6d 100644
--- a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/filter.py
+++ b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/filter.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Options:
   -V, --version             Show version
   -P, --plot                Set this flag if you'd like to follow-up the algorithm
                             execution graphically. We'll plot some interactions.
-  -p, --protocol=<string>   Protocol [default: all].
+  -p, --protocol=<string>   Protocol.
   -s, --subset=<string>     Data subset to load. If nothing is provided 
                             all the data sets will be loaded.
   -i, --motiondir=<path>        The path to the saved signals to be filtered on
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def main(user_input=None):
   configuration = load([os.path.join(args['<configuration>'])])
   
   # get various parameters, either from config file or command-line 
-  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', 'all')
+  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', 'None')
   subset = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'subset', '')
   motiondir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'motiondir', 'motion')
   pulsedir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'pulsedir', 'pulse')
diff --git a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/illumination_rectification.py b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/illumination_rectification.py
index 7053bbb8e7435762ff31dd89581d4ce77622e8b8..cecbe415919b403bdd69e09659f320358143e1f6 100644
--- a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/illumination_rectification.py
+++ b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/illumination_rectification.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Options:
   -V, --version             Show version
   -P, --plot                Set this flag if you'd like to follow-up the algorithm
                             execution graphically. We'll plot some interactions.
-  -p, --protocol=<string>   Protocol [default: all].
+  -p, --protocol=<string>   Protocol.
   -s, --subset=<string>     Data subset to load. If nothing is provided 
                             all the data sets will be loaded.
   -f, --facedir=<path>      The path to the directory containing the average
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def main(user_input=None):
   configuration = load([os.path.join(args['<configuration>'])])
 
   # get various parameters, either from config file or command-line 
-  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', '')
+  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', 'None')
   subset = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'subset', 'all')
   facedir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'facedir', 'face')
   bgdir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'bgdir', 'bg')
diff --git a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/motion_elimination.py b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/motion_elimination.py
index b0ad81bb2643fb403d31919e14a359a2657392ea..800af75f511b4c977e068f953e117f9ee65f11e4 100644
--- a/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/motion_elimination.py
+++ b/bob/rppg/cvpr14/script/motion_elimination.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Options:
   -V, --version                 Show version
   -P, --plot                    Set this flag if you'd like to follow-up the algorithm
                                 execution graphically. We'll plot some interactions.
-  -p, --protocol=<string>       Protocol [default: all].
+  -p, --protocol=<string>       Protocol.
   -s, --subset=<string>         Data subset to load. If nothing is provided 
                                 all the data sets will be loaded.
   -i, --illumdir=<path>            The path to the saved illumination corrected signal
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def main(user_input=None):
   configuration = load([os.path.join(args['<configuration>'])])
 
   # get various parameters, either from config file or command-line 
-  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', '')
+  protocol = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'protocol', 'None')
   subset = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'subset', 'all')
   illumdir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'illumdir', 'illumination')
   motiondir = get_parameter(args, configuration, 'motiondir', 'motion')