diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
index 446447972f2f55805c3c7f19bc6732401ed17d69..c0180fd68b3ba3b4a029d0a506ad72b878a05bc1 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index 4ed5dc838fbe957226f1d283d3edac62bf106a1a..876abc4358db40d72b388026849f3618d4a6ad94 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 926f64b20737bea4f60f641477312b1c720cfb55..74f16e9441ffdc089edfedbad51b25ff9bc158f4 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25_low_res/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25_low_res/eagle_25.yml
index ecddfa2d04fc7f87063f327d023737f3a105cea1..fe0ab8459480b398cfb776c28052e4709506a35d 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25_low_res/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25_low_res/eagle_25.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index bf8f2229b6b8233499b906e22274cf94c2ca44b9..6c7dea4d27c346e2563a8243e7888c650a933850 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50_low_res/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50_low_res/eagle_50.yml
index cc1b13b9686500413b6e8126c15a539d74497311..066529edfa2abfed4b3c5c4d9427aebe01e58b5c 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50_low_res/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50_low_res/eagle_50.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
index 7dd7cb43db3e4321ce6785fb87fbe6fc0b15e0b5..97715ae389248fa0ece53f697614d9f13d8d7de0 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:                    1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  h_min_ratio:                       0.1      # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
+  h_min_ratio:                       0.01     # Minimal smoothing length in units of softening.
   h_max:                             0.5      # Maximal smoothing length in co-moving internal units.
   CFL_condition:                     0.2      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   minimal_temperature:               100.0    # (internal units)
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README
index 1d12e9422aa0c2ef1073399ea114ac84a3be0cd1..b0b07cc7bf606717384d59b64e5bf1aecf0c9274 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/README
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ the following changes have been made (at standard resolution):
    been changed to 1.79 ckpc. This follows the recommendations of
    Ludlow et al. 2019. Old values were 0.7 pkpc and 2.69 ckpc for
    all the particle species.
+ - The minimal smoothing length of SPH particles has been reduced
+   to 0.01 of the softening length (was 0.1).
  - SPH particles reaching a mass larger than 7*10^6 Msun (~4x the
    initial gas particle mass) are now split into 2 equal mass
    particles within the smoothing length of the original particle.