diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index b0bbec1ffc45ea0bd0389406317e46d9e98c3fc0..a873758258175ed7ba65c6d045f79c379174c3c5 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EAGLEChemistry:
 
 EagleCooling:
   filename:                /cosma5/data/Eagle/BG_Tables/CoolingTables/
-  reionisation_redshift:   8.898
+  reionisation_redshift:   20
   he_reion:                1
   he_reion_z_center:       3.5
   he_reion_z_sigma:        0.5