diff --git a/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml b/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
index d326c7f63169ab4157a70af6c411f46e0102bf38..b857ce4a1e27cb7484148346dafcef2001e67561 100644
--- a/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
+++ b/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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_ghost_iterations:  30       # Maximal number of iterations allowed to converge towards the smoothing length.
-  max_smoothing_length:  0.1      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  0.6      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   max_volume_change:     2.       # Maximal allowed change of volume over one time-step
 
diff --git a/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml b/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
index 2df72fe261643c85e7431a84fdf6c28327ddb606..6d05cb5b43c541490432c8f283b662c9d7c8d184 100644
--- a/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
+++ b/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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_ghost_iterations:  30       # Maximal number of iterations allowed to converge towards the smoothing length.
-  max_smoothing_length:  0.1      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  10.      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   max_volume_change:     2.       # Maximal allowed change of volume over one time-step
 
diff --git a/examples/SedovBlast/sedov.yml b/examples/SedovBlast/sedov.yml
index f0aea4c26ff4477bfba8c9643e82b0a08b3ba0f1..b5ad8d855535e70133464fa6a117db37a2c9fb8b 100644
--- a/examples/SedovBlast/sedov.yml
+++ b/examples/SedovBlast/sedov.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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_ghost_iterations:  30       # Maximal number of iterations allowed to converge towards the smoothing length.
-  max_smoothing_length:  0.1      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  1.       # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   max_volume_change:     2.       # Maximal allowed change of volume over one time-step
 
diff --git a/examples/SodShock/sodShock.yml b/examples/SodShock/sodShock.yml
index 22563faacae3762e29cfee1b45ddf06493c3da22..7bb1895c15c80c6a4e54248d1d2bf85dea278ce1 100644
--- a/examples/SodShock/sodShock.yml
+++ b/examples/SodShock/sodShock.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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_ghost_iterations:  30       # Maximal number of iterations allowed to converge towards the smoothing length.
-  max_smoothing_length:  0.1      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  0.01     # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   max_volume_change:     2.       # Maximal allowed change of volume over one time-step