diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index f149137c06a1fb08aa1ebebb076d12a1f486bc18..bebf15af109fb85cb77d86a329f4e0d4ec1d555b 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EAGLEChemistry:
 
 EagleCooling:
   filename:                /cosma5/data/Eagle/BG_Tables/CoolingTables/
-  reionisation_redshift:   8.898
+  reionisation_redshift:   20
   he_reion:                1
   he_reion_z_center:       3.5
   he_reion_z_sigma:        0.5