diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index 80714d87f4afa7d7e4d41ce7bf56faed856208ef..cd7db4f86f24f4d78db29a3dfe34bc536af6ed7d 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Statistics:
 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_smoothing_length:  0.1    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  1.0      # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 6afb737677040ba0605d4e3116800f079a059be4..9775cca83273350dfa71af009fb0f98cb19b20bf 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Statistics:
 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_smoothing_length:  0.1    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  1.0    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index d9e5d46326780fe5b2abde025b50a7ec667b19b1..1d950088e2daa163ffebdc7efef030d2e5fad12c 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Statistics:
 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_smoothing_length:  0.1    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
+  max_smoothing_length:  2.0    # Maximal smoothing length allowed (in internal units).
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions