diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index a6964ea3039615c8cf6534c59d45101515edca07..589dc0c011d71f816cc97baa59b1fd7f429c48ee 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100.0    # (internal units)
   initial_temperature:   268.7
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 21bf89b94a23b0685942633b487f49dbcf37010e..5d3198aacb431cfd21cf18c1d97cf7318ab611c4 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100.0    # (internal units)
   initial_temperature:   268.7
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 7e935e4db69055dbe6e894c9120400d424115bda..c8a06c8488348d19f945ac75a60af95caf04e23b 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100.0    # (internal units)
   initial_temperature:   268.7
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
index 0cc97babbd2b89a7507808bfcad2648e0c03ce47..3a36bdc092a10255a6b994737cc053ef90d8fdf1 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100      # (internal units)
   overwrite_birth_time:  1
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index c5757b6d7047e34e6f629c1fefd562e68bda6f73..f761050b9b25a0ccba31e382a3d0a5ed972f1c7f 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100      # (internal units)
 
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 547b7698783afbb2faaebe22bf974dec470a3152..789b56a996252356e3424b1176bd66d65f814d24 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100      # (internal units)
 
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 1473010fb5ec302275c9fff7c1f3fb6fdd2f1f0c..0a2d602de8a1f54ce7b21e35851ad5cc511cd73f 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100      # (internal units)
 
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
index e07ad47d0ca42e2cb3c71e00e8299a7b2935adaf..af030fac2626d7ec328257bf890057fc11ff177d 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Gravity:
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
   h_min_ratio:           0.1      # Minimal smoothing in units of softening.
+  h_max:                 0.5      # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100      # (internal units)