diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 930864b0..403e508b 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "AbstractGPs"
 uuid = "99985d1d-32ba-4be9-9821-2ec096f28918"
 authors = ["JuliaGaussianProcesses Team"]
-version = "0.5.10"
+version = "0.5.11"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
diff --git a/src/finite_gp_projection.jl b/src/finite_gp_projection.jl
index 6b9933c0..d09cf139 100644
--- a/src/finite_gp_projection.jl
+++ b/src/finite_gp_projection.jl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ end
 const default_σ² = 1e-18
 
 function FiniteGP(f::AbstractGP, x::AbstractVector, σ²::Real=default_σ²)
-    return FiniteGP(f, x, ScalMat(length(x), σ²))
+    return FiniteGP(f, x, Fill(σ², length(x)))
 end
 
 ## conversions