diff --git a/Usecases/Two-phase-Richards/multi-patch/layered_soil/TP-R-layered_soil-g-but-same-perm.py b/Usecases/Two-phase-Richards/multi-patch/layered_soil/TP-R-layered_soil-g-but-same-perm.py
index 884e16c08f6ccf953748cbb65ba771592a13cb84..e6b6efe297c27bd3c5ec5253798921c886a253f2 100755
--- a/Usecases/Two-phase-Richards/multi-patch/layered_soil/TP-R-layered_soil-g-but-same-perm.py
+++ b/Usecases/Two-phase-Richards/multi-patch/layered_soil/TP-R-layered_soil-g-but-same-perm.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ thisfile = "TP-R-layered_soil-g-but-same-perm.py"
 
 # GENERAL SOLVER CONFIG  ######################################################
 # maximal iteration per timestep
-max_iter_num = 1000
+max_iter_num = 500
 FEM_Lagrange_degree = 1
 
 # GRID AND MESH STUDY SPECIFICATIONS  #########################################
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ resolutions = {
                 # 4: 1e-6,
                 # 8: 1e-5,
                 # 16: 5e-6,
-                32: 5e-5,
+                32: 2e-5,
                 # 64: 2e-6,
                 # 128: 1e-6,
                 # 256: 1e-6,