diff --git a/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml b/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
index 548b85078952954f2bf97280be6feb25eb6ef444..13cea318144d296183d630a53d78c69d050c1abe 100644
--- a/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
+++ b/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1   # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1   # Kelvin
 
-# Parameters for the task scheduling
-Scheduler:
-  cell_sub_size:    6000     # Value used for the original scaling tests
-  cell_split_size:  300      # Value used for the original scaling tests
-
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index bac3e4684d4436403bb2497afd34a865ea4bab87..80714d87f4afa7d7e4d41ce7bf56faed856208ef 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1             # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1             # Kelvin
 
-# Parameters for the task scheduling
-Scheduler:
-  cell_sub_size:    6000     # Value used for the original scaling tests
-  cell_split_size:  300      # Value used for the original scaling tests
-
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index cd5a1211b68c4ec2bebcd565713cc52a7b8de6df..6afb737677040ba0605d4e3116800f079a059be4 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1             # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1             # Kelvin
 
-# Parameters for the task scheduling
-Scheduler:
-  cell_sub_size:    6000     # Value used for the original scaling tests
-  cell_split_size:  300      # Value used for the original scaling tests
-
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 38a9c165796359dfdabef423154299ee04ae8c76..d9e5d46326780fe5b2abde025b50a7ec667b19b1 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1             # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1             # Kelvin
 
-# Parameters for the task scheduling
-Scheduler:
-  cell_sub_size:    6000     # Value used for the original scaling tests
-  cell_split_size:  300      # Value used for the original scaling tests
-
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
diff --git a/examples/parameter_example.yml b/examples/parameter_example.yml
index 3f9ff75da3526d4a5fa2a117f0f8e20490c94d3c..10bd09a18f7e8099e4db559e76957d19d8f90164 100644
--- a/examples/parameter_example.yml
+++ b/examples/parameter_example.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
 # Parameters for the task scheduling
 Scheduler:
   nr_queues:        0        # (Optional) The number of task queues to use. Use 0  to let the system decide.
-  cell_max_size:    8000000  # (Optional) Maximal number of interactions per task (this is the default value).
-  cell_sub_size:    8000000  # (Optional) Maximal number of interactions per sub-task  (this is the default value).
+  cell_max_size:    8000000  # (Optional) Maximal number of interactions per task if we force the split (this is the default value).
+  cell_sub_size:    64000000 # (Optional) Maximal number of interactions per sub-task  (this is the default value).
   cell_split_size:  400      # (Optional) Maximal number of particles per cell (this is the default value).
 
 # Parameters governing the time integration
diff --git a/src/space.h b/src/space.h
index 66d82c6f78a08447851a8dfdaea1231e5778693b..72b17405f13766ad2ccc9d53712068f28172067b 100644
--- a/src/space.h
+++ b/src/space.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define space_cellallocchunk 1000
 #define space_splitsize_default 400
 #define space_maxsize_default 8000000
-#define space_subsize_default 8000000
+#define space_subsize_default 64000000
 #define space_stretch 1.10f
 #define space_maxreldx 0.25f