diff --git a/examples/UniformDMBox/uniformBox.yml b/examples/UniformDMBox/uniformBox.yml
index e59d677b308ca70f212f74c7e4d8b79f015c77a9..51b78db743f76a7b131b98e07a93179fdf22209a 100644
--- a/examples/UniformDMBox/uniformBox.yml
+++ b/examples/UniformDMBox/uniformBox.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
-  time_end:   1.    # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
+  time_end:   100.    # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
   dt_min:     1e-6  # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  dt_max:     1e-3  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1.  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
 
 Scheduler:
   max_top_level_cells: 8
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the self-gravity scheme
 Gravity:
   eta:                   0.025    # Constant dimensionless multiplier for time integration. 
-  theta:                 0.7      # Opening angle (Multipole acceptance criterion)
-  epsilon:               0.00001  # Softening length (in internal units).
+  theta:                 0.8      # Opening angle (Multipole acceptance criterion)
+  epsilon:               0.01     # Softening length (in internal units).
  
 # Parameters governing the conserved quantities statistics
 Statistics:
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ Statistics:
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
 InitialConditions:
-  file_name:  ./uniformDMBox_50.hdf5     # The file to read
+  file_name:  ./uniformDMBox_16.hdf5     # The file to read
diff --git a/src/engine.c b/src/engine.c
index 38118db083597a66d9de0a18cfee9dda018b9113..89ddd2d7ca2b363231bcd14805a1cf922834fb88 100644
--- a/src/engine.c
+++ b/src/engine.c
@@ -3564,9 +3564,14 @@ void engine_prepare(struct engine *e) {
   /* Do we need rebuilding ? */
   if (e->forcerebuild) engine_rebuild(e, 0);
 
-  /* Unskip active tasks and check for rebuild */
-  engine_unskip(e);
+  message("Rebuild done");
+
+  space_print_cells(e->s);
 
+  /* Unskip active tasks and check for rebuild */
+  //engine_unskip(e);
+  engine_marktasks(e);
+  
   /* Re-rank the tasks every now and then. */
   if (e->tasks_age % engine_tasksreweight == 1) {
     scheduler_reweight(&e->sched, e->verbose);
@@ -4156,7 +4161,7 @@ void engine_step(struct engine *e) {
   e->timeStep = (e->ti_current - e->ti_old) * e->timeBase;
   e->step_props = engine_step_prop_none;
 
-  space_print_cells(e->s);
+  //space_print_cells(e->s);
   //message("nr cells: %d %d", e->s->nr_cells, e->s->tot_cells);
   message("ti_current=%lld ti_old=%lld", e->ti_current, e->ti_old);
 
diff --git a/src/gravity/Default/gravity.h b/src/gravity/Default/gravity.h
index 1eee6e678288a209b669c46f7c87fbb5c399b6c7..031b4b2d303dd2bd5acbc778112672cc03a918e2 100644
--- a/src/gravity/Default/gravity.h
+++ b/src/gravity/Default/gravity.h
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ gravity_compute_timestep_self(const struct gpart* const gp,
   const float epsilon = gravity_get_softening(gp);
 
   /* Note that 0.66666667 = 2. (from Gadget) / 3. (Plummer softening) */
-  const float dt = sqrtf(0.66666667f * grav_props->eta * epsilon * ac_inv);
+  float dt = sqrtf(0.66666667f * grav_props->eta * epsilon * ac_inv);
+
+  if(gp->id_or_neg_offset == 1) {
+    dt /= 1000.;
+    message("lower dt %e", dt);
+
+  }
 
   return dt;
 }