diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index 4b807846de2871e1a6c9e7baf4793c9fd6475a9c..3270af86afffba13cfac6be7c7c21dd84980adc5 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 222e7a81ac7a979b6e9be9b4ac29c32342e80dae..6461982f70c9635652b8253887a9998777f37c69 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 27320d1327c412cc803eb3f8859a7f569bc14175..c6f7f0e01bd292b03b0eb31c6c1b57d5163dafe7 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index faeda2a3acf4f04cd75512190666374351592276..9205b9f6f560398b046625f6c65fcc887492991d 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 5736fb864bb950703c6861cefec063ceec7861ec..ccd89efbead0c511316bd664f6754ed0797c7c50 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index cb2fa3b4dc0b2e3f04f04f73b6157e1400665c67..e2a98725a94c9fd34b45a95530f480562c0aaec8 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
index d1bbfa4ef6c6b785265bfda7a9d929374af5f962..9136f85424beaf70b614cde0e70b67c134056831 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_low_z/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
diff --git a/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing.yml b/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing.yml
index e0637308e9cc9631e7cd042920163a98bf7e0bf0..2390918132e73de031b3795d17d9a2cbe9863680 100644
--- a/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing.yml
+++ b/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ EAGLECooling:
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
   max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term.
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
   AGN_delta_T_K:                    3.16228e8  # Change in temperature to apply to the gas particle in an AGN feedback event in Kelvin.
diff --git a/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing_mpi.yml b/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing_mpi.yml
index 8db524c9caa7f0941e34d6a44976076abc7f2dba..c587a5b6ff9c125e51180a84f22844b0102bcb64 100644
--- a/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing_mpi.yml
+++ b/examples/SubgridTests/BlackHoleSwallowing/swallowing_mpi.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ EAGLECooling:
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
   max_eddington_fraction:           1.         # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.
   coupling_efficiency:              0.15       # Fraction of the radiated energy that couples to the gas in feedback events.
   AGN_delta_T_K:                    3.16228e8  # Change in temperature to apply to the gas particle in an AGN feedback event in Kelvin.