diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index 3abffdd8284f3c4babe419e077999703ec445c69..0f2947c179f1e0dbc7ebb383835b71993b8dac7e 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ FOF:
   delta_time:                      1.005       # Scale-factor ratio between consecutive FoF black hole seeding calls.
 
 Scheduler:
-  max_top_level_cells:   8
+  max_top_level_cells:   16
   tasks_per_cell:        5
   cell_split_size:       200