diff --git a/scripts/TM_Subduction_example.jl b/scripts/TM_Subduction_example.jl
index 70ba45c..ba4c92c 100644
--- a/scripts/TM_Subduction_example.jl
+++ b/scripts/TM_Subduction_example.jl
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ model.Solver = Solver(  SolverType      = "multigrid",
 
 try testing == true
     # if we run this as part of the test suite, use fewer timesteps
-    run_lamem(model, 8, "-nstep_max 5 -nstep_out 1")       
+    run_lamem(model, 8, "-nstep_max 2 -nstep_out 1")       
 catch
     run_lamem(model, 8)       # run on 8 cores (if possible)            
 end
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diff --git a/test/test_examples.jl b/test/test_examples.jl
index d1d668b..a00eeb2 100644
--- a/test/test_examples.jl
+++ b/test/test_examples.jl
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 # This tests the example scripts 
 using Test
 
+const testing = true
 @testset "examples in /scripts" begin
 
 
     # Subduction example
     @testset "TM_Subduction_example" begin
-        testing = true
         include("../scripts/TM_Subduction_example.jl")
         data,time = read_LaMEM_timestep(model,last=true);
-        @test time ≈ 0.004419778
-        @test sum(data.fields.velocity[3][:,:,:]) ≈ 708.41907f0 rtol=1e-4 # check Vz
+        @test time ≈ 0.001736862
+        @test sum(data.fields.velocity[3][:,:,:]) ≈ 1192.9121f0 rtol=1e-4 # check Vz
     end
 
     # 3D subduction example
     @testset "Subduction3D" begin
-        testing = true
         clean_directory()
         include("../scripts/Subduction3D.jl")
         data,time = read_LaMEM_timestep(model,last=true);
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ using Test
 
     # Strength envelop example
     @testset "StrengthEnvelop" begin
-        testing = true
         clean_directory()
         include("../scripts/StrengthEnvelop.jl")
         data,time = read_LaMEM_timestep(model,last=true);