diff --git a/examples/fokker-planck/fokker-planck-relaxation-slowing-down-alphas.toml b/examples/fokker-planck/fokker-planck-relaxation-slowing-down-alphas.toml
index 24aaf6e13..dfab272e3 100644
--- a/examples/fokker-planck/fokker-planck-relaxation-slowing-down-alphas.toml
+++ b/examples/fokker-planck/fokker-planck-relaxation-slowing-down-alphas.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ sink_vth=0.07071067811865475
 
 [timestepping]
 nstep = 50000
-dt = 5.0e-4
+dt = 2.5e-4
 nwrite = 100
 nwrite_dfns = 100