diff --git a/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/default_input_file.in b/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/default_input_file.in
index 2285255085..b4017ee157 100644
--- a/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/default_input_file.in
+++ b/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/default_input_file.in
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 /
 
 &physics_inputs
-  rhostar = - 1.0
+  rhostar = 0.0
 /
 
 !===============================================================================
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 &diagnostics_fluxes
   flux_norm = .true.
   write_fluxes_vs_time = .true.
-  write_radial_fluxes = radial_variation
+  write_radial_fluxes = .true.
   write_fluxes_kxkyz = .false.
   write_fluxes_kxky = .false.
 /
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 &restart_options
   tstart = 0.0
   scale = 1.0
-  restart_file = trim(run_name)//'.nc'
+  ! restart_file = trim(run_name)//'.nc'
   restart_dir = './'
   save_many = .true.
 /
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@
 !===============================================================================
 
 &time_trace_options
+  tend = 10
   nstep = -1
-  tend = -1.0
   autostop = .true.
   avail_cpu_time = 10000000000.0
 /
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
   zf_option = 'default'
   lr_debug_option = 'default'
   krook_option = 'default'
-  krook_size = 0.0
+  krook_size = 0
   rk_step = .false.
   nu_krook_mb = 0.0
   mb_debug_step = -1
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@
   print_extra_info_to_terminal = .true.
   debug_all = .false.
   stella_debug = .false.
-  ffs_solve_debug = .false.
   fields_all_debug = .false.
   fields_debug = .false.
   fields_fluxtube_debug = .false.
diff --git a/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/namelist_physics_parameters.f90 b/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/namelist_physics_parameters.f90
index 8c0247f4c7..d9a9ff225e 100644
--- a/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/namelist_physics_parameters.f90
+++ b/STELLA_CODE/read_namelists_from_input_file/namelist_physics_parameters.f90
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ subroutine set_default_parameters_physics_inputs
 
          implicit none
 
-         rhostar = -1.0
+         rhostar = 0.0
 
       end subroutine set_default_parameters_physics_inputs