diff --git a/dG3D/benchmarks/SLSEffectsOnMechanicalResponses/runDNSOnlyResidualStressesIncluded.py b/dG3D/benchmarks/SLSEffectsOnMechanicalResponses/runDNSOnlyResidualStressesIncluded.py
index 158b6793869e381d773ffb339e3bbf65056bbaa2..7cc188d4cdd93c32d3944fd6781711f24de5779b 100644
--- a/dG3D/benchmarks/SLSEffectsOnMechanicalResponses/runDNSOnlyResidualStressesIncluded.py
+++ b/dG3D/benchmarks/SLSEffectsOnMechanicalResponses/runDNSOnlyResidualStressesIncluded.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ mysolver.setNumStepTimeInterval(ftimeRamp,10)
 mysolver.setNumStepTimeInterval(ftime,nstep)
 
 
-mysolver.snlManageTimeStep(150,5,2.,500)
+mysolver.snlManageTimeStep(150,2,2.,500)
 stiffModif = BFGSStiffnessModificationMonitoring(20, False) # stiffness will be re-computed after 20 iterations in each step
 mysolver.stiffnessModification(stiffModif)