diff --git a/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml b/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
index b001c42624505c450d27914873a712fbeac6b4c3..cf96535b64c078d063b6f773823ca085876c2ecc 100644
--- a/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
+++ b/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ UnitSystem:
 
 # Parameters for the task scheduling
 Scheduler:
-  nr_threads:       2        # The number of threads per MPI rank to use.
   nr_queues:        0        # The number of task queues to use. Use 0  to let the system decide.
   cell_max_size:    8000000  # Maximal number of interactions per task (this is the default value).
   cell_sub_size:    8000000  # Maximal number of interactions per sub-task  (this is the default value).
diff --git a/examples/ExternalPointMass/run.sh b/examples/ExternalPointMass/run.sh
index 73b1a7a10e7c37c62a07e1571cde2b8cc4890c1c..45f0e697b3ebfd5d510ee1f9f895ed3d7e4b1caf 100755
--- a/examples/ExternalPointMass/run.sh
+++ b/examples/ExternalPointMass/run.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ then
     python makeIC.py 10000
 fi
 
-../swift -g externalPointMass.yml
+../swift -g -t 2 externalPointMass.yml