diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/agent/Strategy.ftl b/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/agent/Strategy.ftl
index 38abc42bdd48cea2598baecf68dc8e6c7bd45f43..d2d2386658c56c5ebb6d654468669a2664622305 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/agent/Strategy.ftl
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/agent/Strategy.ftl
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class StrategyBuilder(object):
         action_high=None,
         mu=0.0,
         theta=0.5,
-        sigma=0.3
+        sigma=0.3,
+        noise_variance=0.1
     ):
 
         if epsilon_decay_method == 'linear':
@@ -50,8 +51,9 @@ class StrategyBuilder(object):
             assert action_dim is not None
             assert action_low is not None
             assert action_high is not None
+            assert noise_variance is not None
             return GaussianNoiseStrategy(action_dim, action_low, action_high,
-                                         epsilon, decay)
+                                         epsilon, noise_variance, decay)
         else:
             assert action_dim is not None
             assert len(action_dim) == 1
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ class GaussianNoiseStrategy(BaseStrategy):
         action_low,
         action_high,
         eps,
+        noise_variance,
         decay=NoDecay()
     ):
         super(GaussianNoiseStrategy, self).__init__(decay)
@@ -207,7 +210,9 @@ class GaussianNoiseStrategy(BaseStrategy):
         self._action_low = action_low
         self._action_high = action_high
 
+        self._noise_variance = noise_variance
+
     def select_action(self, values):
-        noise = np.random.normal(size=self._action_dim)
+        noise = np.random.normal(loc=0.0, scale=self._noise_variance, size=self._action_dim)
         action = values + self.cur_eps * noise
         return np.clip(action, self._action_low, self._action_high)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/params/StrategyParams.ftl b/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/params/StrategyParams.ftl
index e5ef1ee588d2a4255761121965429022a76c96d0..b8ffa903d6c7e88ce1a8a7ffa332de2e41946ca2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/params/StrategyParams.ftl
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/gluon/reinforcement/params/StrategyParams.ftl
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 <#if (config.strategy.epsilon_decay_per_step)??>
             'epsilon_decay_per_step': ${config.strategy.epsilon_decay_per_step?string('True', 'False')},
 </#if>
+<#if (config.strategy.method=="gaussian")>
+<#if (config.strategy.noise_variance)??>
+            'noise_variance': ${config.strategy.noise_variance},
+</#if>
+</#if>
 <#if (config.strategy.method)?? && (config.strategy.method=="ornstein_uhlenbeck" || config.strategy.method=="gaussian")>
 <#if (config.strategy.action_low)?? >
             'action_low': ${config.strategy.action_low},