diff --git a/meshroom/multiview.py b/meshroom/multiview.py
index b6c6f028..616e4d04 100644
--- a/meshroom/multiview.py
+++ b/meshroom/multiview.py
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ def panoramaFisheyeHdr(inputImages=None, inputViewpoints=None, inputIntrinsics=N
         panoramaHdr(inputImages, inputViewpoints, inputIntrinsics, output, graph)
         for panoramaInit in graph.nodesByType("PanoramaInit"):
             panoramaInit.attribute("useFisheye").value = True
+        # when using fisheye images, the overlap between images can be small
+        # and thus requires many features to get enough correspondances for cameras estimation
+        for featureExtraction in graph.nodesByType("FeatureExtraction"):
+            featureExtraction.attribute("describerPreset").value = 'high'
     return graph
 
 def panoramaHdrPipeline(graph):
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ def panoramaHdrPipeline(graph):
 
     featureExtraction = graph.addNewNode('FeatureExtraction',
                                          input=ldr2hdrMerge.outSfMData,
-                                         describerPreset='high')
+                                         describerQuality='high')
 
     panoramaInit = graph.addNewNode('PanoramaInit',
                                      input=featureExtraction.input,