diff --git a/bin/cosmic-pop b/bin/cosmic-pop
index bd2649eae..be0a1ad69 100755
--- a/bin/cosmic-pop
+++ b/bin/cosmic-pop
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def parse_commandline():
                                              " to select the subpopulation of interest from the evolved population")
     parser.add_argument("--match", type=float, help="provides the tolerance for the convergence calculation")
     parser.add_argument("--apply_convergence_limits", type=str2bool, nargs='?',
-                        const=True, default=False, help="filters the evolved binary population to contain"
+                        const=True, help="filters the evolved binary population to contain"
                                                         " only the binaries that satsify the convergence limits")
     parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int)
     parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", default=False,
diff --git a/src/cosmic/sample/sampler/independent.py b/src/cosmic/sample/sampler/independent.py
index 80ec3006f..13909d717 100644
--- a/src/cosmic/sample/sampler/independent.py
+++ b/src/cosmic/sample/sampler/independent.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def get_independent_sampler(
 
     # sample periods and eccentricities
     # if the porb_model is moe19, the metallicity needs to be supplied
-    if porb_model == "moe19":
+    if porb_model in ["moe19", "martinez26", "martinez26_ecsn"]:
         porb,aRL_over_a = initconditions.sample_porb(
             mass1_binary, mass2_binary, rad1, rad2, porb_model, met=met, size=mass1_binary.size
         )