diff --git a/src/nemos/basis.py b/src/nemos/basis.py
index 869f7d7d..a6c6269a 100644
--- a/src/nemos/basis.py
+++ b/src/nemos/basis.py
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ def __init__(
         width: float = 2.0,
         window_size: Optional[int] = None,
         bounds: Optional[Tuple[float, float]] = None,
-        label: Optional[str] = None,
+        label: Optional[str] = "RaisedCosineBasisLinear",
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(