diff --git a/examples/mliap/in.mliap.unified.hippynn.Al.ghostneigh b/examples/mliap/in.mliap.unified.hippynn.Al.ghostneigh
index dd92242655..583f7c645e 100644
--- a/examples/mliap/in.mliap.unified.hippynn.Al.ghostneigh
+++ b/examples/mliap/in.mliap.unified.hippynn.Al.ghostneigh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ variable skin equal 1.0
 variable commcut equal (${ninteractions}*${cutdist})+${skin}
 
 timestep 0.5e-3
-neighbor 1.0 bin
+neighbor ${skin} bin
 neigh_modify once no every 1 delay 0 check yes
 comm_modify cutoff ${commcut}