diff --git a/examples/coreshell/in.coreshell.thermostats b/examples/coreshell/in.coreshell.thermostats
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-# Testsystem for core-shell model compared to Mitchel and Finchham
+# Testsystem for core-shell model compared to Mitchell and Fincham
 # Hendrik Heenen, June 2014
 
 # ------------------------ INITIALIZATION ----------------------------