diff --git a/examples/peptide/in.peptide b/examples/peptide/in.peptide
index 1d4636adb7..6b46439203 100644
--- a/examples/peptide/in.peptide
+++ b/examples/peptide/in.peptide
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ fix		2 all shake 0.0001 10 100 b 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 a 31
 
 group		peptide type <= 12
 dump		1 peptide atom 10 dump.peptide
-dump		2 peptide bond 300 dump.bond
+
+compute		bnd all property/local btype batom1 batom2
+dump		2 peptide local 300 dump.bond index c_bnd[1] c_bnd[2] c_bnd[3]
 
 run		300
 
diff --git a/examples/pour/in.pour b/examples/pour/in.pour
index 14fc178a3e..3d29938cf1 100644
--- a/examples/pour/in.pour
+++ b/examples/pour/in.pour
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 atom_style	granular
 boundary	p p fm
 newton		off
+communicate	single vel yes
 
 region		reg block -10 10 -10 10 -0.5 16 units box
 create_box	1 reg
diff --git a/examples/pour/in.pour.2d b/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
index 3453ffcb8c..3be3af2fe4 100644
--- a/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
+++ b/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dimension	2
 atom_style	granular
 boundary	f fm p
 newton		off
+communicate	single vel yes
 
 region		reg block 0 100 0 50 -0.5 0.5 units box
 create_box	1 reg