diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml b/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
index 0198934e51266f322fe2af207ca0f8d1f09d856c..3183f40fb1a727167dad32b2c01f995fea0ae61b 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
   time_end:   1e-2  # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
   dt_min:     1e-12 # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  dt_max:     1e-4  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1e-3  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
 
 Scheduler:
   max_top_level_cells: 80
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index 2f15def09c3dd53ec7b32855082a699e6c26c3da..0c6fa94570af635866158301aa964bc6c58762a1 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
   time_end:   1e-2  # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
   dt_min:     1e-10 # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  dt_max:     1e-4  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1e-3  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
   
 Scheduler:
   max_top_level_cells:    8
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 34881233a15243160a38982f98c006fe840d50ea..9e482ccddbc7506e8f52649ca5a6d67c91068a44 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
   time_end:   1e-2  # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
   dt_min:     1e-10 # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  dt_max:     1e-4  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1e-3  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
 
 Scheduler:
   max_top_level_cells:    16
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 3e1c04e4cf5d4b9853fcd0eb27d5e758b71c1f3e..ec8eb3785a7fb706e92dd3d8b53ab94b0a98ccf7 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
   time_end:   1e-2  # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
   dt_min:     1e-10 # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  dt_max:     1e-4  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
+  dt_max:     1e-3  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
 
 Scheduler:
   max_top_level_cells: 20
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml b/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
index e99e0a940fd585b3a907b4f76ae976fbfca30c17..e67393812a540072ae5b498a126f1c8b286b9477 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
   time_end:   1e-2  # The end time of the simulation (in internal units).
   dt_min:     1e-10 # The minimal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  dt_max:     1e-4  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
-  max_dt_RMS_factor: 0.25
+  dt_max:     1e-3  # The maximal time-step size of the simulation (in internal units).
   
 # Parameters governing the snapshots
 Snapshots: