diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..778d04fdd02004fd10ac468321568069e39dd217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Define the system of units to use internally. 
+InternalUnitSystem:
+  UnitMass_in_cgs:     1   # Grams
+  UnitLength_in_cgs:   1   # Centimeters
+  UnitVelocity_in_cgs: 1   # Centimeters per second
+  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).
+  time_end:   1.    # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_min:     1e-7  # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1e-2  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+
+# Parameters governing the snapshots
+Snapshots:
+  basename:            eagle # Common part of the name of output files
+  time_first:          0.    # Time of the first output (in internal units)
+  delta_time:          0.05  # Time difference between consecutive outputs (in internal units)
+  UnitMass_in_cgs:     1   # Grams
+  UnitLength_in_cgs:   1   # Centimeters
+  UnitVelocity_in_cgs: 1   # Centimeters per second
+  UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1   # Amperes
+  UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1   # Kelvin
+
+# Parameters governing the conserved quantities statistics
+Statistics:
+  delta_time:          1e-2 # Time between statistics output
+
+# Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
+SPH:
+  resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
+  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
+  max_smoothing_length:  0.1    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
+
+# Parameters related to the initial conditions
+InitialConditions:
+  file_name:  ./EAGLE_ICs_12.hdf5     # The file to read
+
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/getIC.sh b/examples/EAGLE_12/getIC.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e23ea1bdb9d20629256e36fa63335d37bb14275a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/getIC.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+wget http://icc.dur.ac.uk/swift/Files/EAGLE_ICs_12.hdf5
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/run.sh b/examples/EAGLE_12/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58c92adc0a1afadf0d15f81613d749f6e736f211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ # Generate the initial conditions if they are not present.
+if [ ! -e EAGLE_ICs_12.hdf5 ]
+then
+    echo "Fetching initial conditions for the EAGLE 12Mpc example..."
+    ./getIC.sh
+fi
+
+../swift -s -t 16 eagle_12.yml
+
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..731d87ea360ced596c4190880c62fdfb1cd605f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Define the system of units to use internally. 
+InternalUnitSystem:
+  UnitMass_in_cgs:     1   # Grams
+  UnitLength_in_cgs:   1   # Centimeters
+  UnitVelocity_in_cgs: 1   # Centimeters per second
+  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).
+  time_end:   1.    # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_min:     1e-7  # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1e-2  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+
+# Parameters governing the snapshots
+Snapshots:
+  basename:            eagle # Common part of the name of output files
+  time_first:          0.    # Time of the first output (in internal units)
+  delta_time:          0.05  # Time difference between consecutive outputs (in internal units)
+  UnitMass_in_cgs:     1   # Grams
+  UnitLength_in_cgs:   1   # Centimeters
+  UnitVelocity_in_cgs: 1   # Centimeters per second
+  UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1   # Amperes
+  UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1   # Kelvin
+
+# Parameters governing the conserved quantities statistics
+Statistics:
+  delta_time:          1e-2 # Time between statistics output
+
+# Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
+SPH:
+  resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
+  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
+  max_smoothing_length:  0.1    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
+
+# Parameters related to the initial conditions
+InitialConditions:
+  file_name:  ./EAGLE_ICs_25.hdf5     # The file to read
+
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/getIC.sh b/examples/EAGLE_25/getIC.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ccc31686a02535b1536b4a85eea0ee065326970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/getIC.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+wget http://icc.dur.ac.uk/swift/Files/EAGLE_ICs_25.hdf5
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/run.sh b/examples/EAGLE_25/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f232cf98f772ab9900bd22b635090e3c103749b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ # Generate the initial conditions if they are not present.
+if [ ! -e EAGLE_ICs_25.hdf5 ]
+then
+    echo "Fetching initial conditions for the EAGLE 25Mpc example..."
+    ./getIC.sh
+fi
+
+../swift -s -t 16 eagle_25.yml
+
diff --git a/src/parallel_io.c b/src/parallel_io.c
index c5cac1cb5efc6e533e599867e39cdd7c7b2c87fa..0430fce658fdb10c41dcf23b09880747811a3950 100644
--- a/src/parallel_io.c
+++ b/src/parallel_io.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ void read_ic_parallel(char* fileName, double dim[3], struct part** parts,
         break;
 
       default:
-        error("Particle Type %d not yet supported. Aborting", ptype);
+        message("Particle Type %d not yet supported. Particles ignored", ptype);
     }
 
     /* Close particle group */
diff --git a/src/serial_io.c b/src/serial_io.c
index 7e78276dc83430655b4ea4de2fb7425e71e07966..de756a1974ce098d1f400e5e86a1ac0bc0763e92 100644
--- a/src/serial_io.c
+++ b/src/serial_io.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ void read_ic_serial(char* fileName, double dim[3], struct part** parts,
             break;
 
           default:
-            error("Particle Type %d not yet supported. Aborting", ptype);
+	    message("Particle Type %d not yet supported. Particles ignored", ptype);
         }
 
         /* Close particle group */
diff --git a/src/single_io.c b/src/single_io.c
index 3f65aae0b5d495670f2b4862e466ec849f997d63..d7c39cb729a9c52cd0413ee14410b3a2157196c0 100644
--- a/src/single_io.c
+++ b/src/single_io.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void read_ic_single(char* fileName, double dim[3], struct part** parts,
         break;
 
       default:
-        error("Particle Type %d not yet supported. Aborting", ptype);
+        message("Particle Type %d not yet supported. Particles ignored", ptype);
     }
 
     /* Close particle group */