diff --git a/examples/pour/in.pour b/examples/pour/in.pour
index 1360045845..55896c081f 100644
--- a/examples/pour/in.pour
+++ b/examples/pour/in.pour
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ neigh_modify	delay 0
 # More appropriate values for realistic simulations would be
 # k = 2.0e5 and dt = 0.0001, as in bench/in.chute.
 
-pair_style      gran/history 2000.0 50.0 0.50 0
+pair_style      gran/history 2000.0 50.0 0.5 0
 timestep	0.001
 
 fix		1 all nve/gran
diff --git a/examples/pour/in.pour.2d b/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
index 4dd5127865..af59539679 100644
--- a/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
+++ b/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ neigh_modify	delay 0
 # More appropriate values for realistic simulations would be
 # k = 2.0e5 and dt = 0.0001, as in bench/in.chute.
 
-pair_style      gran/hertzian 2000.0 50.0 0.0 0
+pair_style      gran/hertzian 2000.0 50.0 0.5 0
 timestep	0.001
 
 fix             1 all nve/gran