diff --git a/examples/SmallCosmoVolume/run.sh b/examples/SmallCosmoVolume/run.sh
index a6ec3fe5d0c023dc042da9321ff7e67a8eade462..fe67706d7512d6f4ff1537ce008ce3a52a6ce6a6 100755
--- a/examples/SmallCosmoVolume/run.sh
+++ b/examples/SmallCosmoVolume/run.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ then
     ./getIC.sh
 fi
 
-../swift -a -c -G -t 16 small_cosmo_volume.yml 2>&1 | tee output.log
+../swift -c -G -t 8 small_cosmo_volume.yml 2>&1 | tee output.log