diff --git a/etc/caseDicts/foamyHexMeshDict b/etc/caseDicts/foamyHexMeshDict
index cb8ac1517..cdebf593a 100644
--- a/etc/caseDicts/foamyHexMeshDict
+++ b/etc/caseDicts/foamyHexMeshDict
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ motionControl
 {
     maxSmoothingIterations      100;
 
+    maxRefinementIterations     0;
+
     cellAspectRatioControl
     {
         aspectRatio             1.0;