diff --git a/matlab/dynare_sensitivity.m b/matlab/dynare_sensitivity.m
index a0da91e6162e1afa843f35b248d0ce0acc257288..1a07acea2b3a2c4b05e4e12038f243295c3f03a0 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_sensitivity.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_sensitivity.m
@@ -72,15 +72,22 @@ if options_gsa.identification,
     options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'morris',1);
     options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'trans_ident',0);
     options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'load_ident_files',0);
-    options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'ar',3);
-    options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'useautocorr',1);
+    options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'ar',1);
+    options_gsa = set_default_option(options_gsa,'useautocorr',0);
     options_.ar = options_gsa.ar;
     if options_gsa.morris==2,
-        options_ident=[];
-        options_ident = set_default_option(options_ident,'load_ident_files',options_gsa.load_ident_files);
-        options_ident = set_default_option(options_ident,'useautocorr',options_gsa.useautocorr);
-        options_ident = set_default_option(options_ident,'ar',options_gsa.ar);
-        options_.options_ident = options_ident;
+        if isfield(options_,'options_ident'),
+            options_.options_ident.load_ident_files = options_gsa.load_ident_files;
+            options_.options_ident.useautocorr = options_gsa.useautocorr;
+            options_.options_ident.ar = options_gsa.ar;            
+            options_ident=options_.options_ident;
+        else
+            options_ident=[];
+            options_ident = set_default_option(options_ident,'load_ident_files',options_gsa.load_ident_files);
+            options_ident = set_default_option(options_ident,'useautocorr',options_gsa.useautocorr);
+            options_ident = set_default_option(options_ident,'ar',options_gsa.ar);
+            options_.options_ident = options_ident;
+        end
     end
 end