diff --git a/examples/QuickLymanAlpha/L050N0752/qla_50.yml b/examples/QuickLymanAlpha/L050N0752/qla_50.yml
index ed28c6c8522e6e7deb3332845447129d4cb18a8c..a4cbca4d521e69304c57e041fe07e7dcba352507 100644
--- a/examples/QuickLymanAlpha/L050N0752/qla_50.yml
+++ b/examples/QuickLymanAlpha/L050N0752/qla_50.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ 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.
+  h_max:                 1.5              # Maximal softening in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:         0.2              # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:   100              # (internal units)
   initial_temperature:   268.7            # (internal units)