diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index 05fbb5b3df0d0503e19f34d97c8b4c16db05310e..487672ba8ff84168450acd9dbddef4c42f93accc 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.0        # 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.
   eddington_fraction_for_recording: 0.1        # Record the last time BHs reached an Eddington ratio above this threshold.
   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.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 494c198e76a543eb0418aac3912cd819a62b2017..5595fbe78b5bceae983b6d38a0ee30b3f631a359 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.0        # 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.
   eddington_fraction_for_recording: 0.1        # Record the last time BHs reached an Eddington ratio above this threshold.
   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.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 72652be8f68ecbf1285a8f3c8c900f262284e4f8..a3b518cbac8f076e416d4d659cd3466b89af9b8b 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.0        # 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.
   eddington_fraction_for_recording: 0.1        # Record the last time BHs reached an Eddington ratio above this threshold.
   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.
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README
index 9ba7a65a7ec38033cc0d32437e3633137b8b3ce1..9d47c8c80f9793b5b336f7e7b8d0a8f56acd2477 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ made:
  - The delay time distribution of the SNIa has been changed to a
    power-law of slope -1 (instead of the exponential model) and
    the rates have been renormalized.
- - The black hole accretion rate is now limited to 100% of the
-   Eddington rate (from 100/h = 150 %).
 
 The scripts in this directory download the tables required to
 run the EAGLE model. Plotting scripts are also provided