diff --git a/gcm_forecast.tmpl b/gcm_forecast.tmpl
index 4b043b28..9c9f3d68 100755
--- a/gcm_forecast.tmpl
+++ b/gcm_forecast.tmpl
@@ -555,6 +555,18 @@ if( $AGCM_LM  != 72 ) then
       cp $file dummy
       cat dummy | sed -e "s|/L72/|/L${AGCM_LM}/|g" | sed -e "s|z72|z${AGCM_LM}|g" > $file
     end
+
+    # We have to do something special for L186. By default all of the GOCART emissions have:
+    #   pressure_lid_in_hPa: 0.01
+    # which is the pressure lid in hPa for all other GEOS vertical levels. But L186 has a lid
+    # at 0.00025 Pa. So we need to change this value in the GOCART emissions files for L186.
+    if ( $AGCM_LM == 186 ) then
+       set files = `/bin/ls  *.rc`
+       foreach file ($files)
+          cp $file dummy
+          cat dummy | sed -e '/pressure_lid_in_hPa:/c\pressure_lid_in_hPa: 2.5e-6' > $file
+       end
+    endif
 endif
 
 # Rename big ExtData files that are not needed
diff --git a/gcm_regress.j b/gcm_regress.j
index 1ed03381..b02894dc 100755
--- a/gcm_regress.j
+++ b/gcm_regress.j
@@ -382,6 +382,26 @@ if( $EXTDATA2G_TRUE == 1 ) then
 
 endif
 
+if( $AGCM_LM  != 72 ) then
+    set files = `/bin/ls  *.yaml`
+    foreach file ($files)
+      cp $file dummy
+      cat dummy | sed -e "s|/L72/|/L${AGCM_LM}/|g" | sed -e "s|z72|z${AGCM_LM}|g" > $file
+    end
+
+    # We have to do something special for L186. By default all of the GOCART emissions have:
+    #   pressure_lid_in_hPa: 0.01
+    # which is the pressure lid in hPa for all other GEOS vertical levels. But L186 has a lid
+    # at 0.00025 Pa. So we need to change this value in the GOCART emissions files for L186.
+    if ( $AGCM_LM == 186 ) then
+       set files = `/bin/ls  *.rc`
+       foreach file ($files)
+          cp $file dummy
+          cat dummy | sed -e '/pressure_lid_in_hPa:/c\pressure_lid_in_hPa: 2.5e-6' > $file
+       end
+    endif
+endif
+
 # Move GOCART to use RRTMGP Bands
 # -------------------------------
 # UNCOMMENT THE LINES BELOW IF RUNNING RRTMGP
diff --git a/gcm_run.j b/gcm_run.j
index 4daa7804..efa592a1 100755
--- a/gcm_run.j
+++ b/gcm_run.j
@@ -776,6 +776,18 @@ if( $AGCM_LM  != 72 ) then
       cp $file dummy
       cat dummy | sed -e "s|/L72/|/L${AGCM_LM}/|g" | sed -e "s|z72|z${AGCM_LM}|g" > $file
     end
+
+    # We have to do something special for L186. By default all of the GOCART emissions have:
+    #   pressure_lid_in_hPa: 0.01
+    # which is the pressure lid in hPa for all other GEOS vertical levels. But L186 has a lid
+    # at 0.00025 Pa. So we need to change this value in the GOCART emissions files for L186.
+    if ( $AGCM_LM == 186 ) then
+       set files = `/bin/ls  *.rc`
+       foreach file ($files)
+          cp $file dummy
+          cat dummy | sed -e '/pressure_lid_in_hPa:/c\pressure_lid_in_hPa: 2.5e-6' > $file
+       end
+    endif
 endif
 
 # Rename big ExtData files that are not needed
diff --git a/gcm_run_benchmark.j b/gcm_run_benchmark.j
index d3f1c871..22c97ee0 100755
--- a/gcm_run_benchmark.j
+++ b/gcm_run_benchmark.j
@@ -649,6 +649,26 @@ if( ${EMISSIONS} == AMIP_EMISSIONS ) then
 
 endif
 
+if( $AGCM_LM  != 72 ) then
+    set files = `/bin/ls  *.yaml`
+    foreach file ($files)
+      cp $file dummy
+      cat dummy | sed -e "s|/L72/|/L${AGCM_LM}/|g" | sed -e "s|z72|z${AGCM_LM}|g" > $file
+    end
+
+    # We have to do something special for L186. By default all of the GOCART emissions have:
+    #   pressure_lid_in_hPa: 0.01
+    # which is the pressure lid in hPa for all other GEOS vertical levels. But L186 has a lid
+    # at 0.00025 Pa. So we need to change this value in the GOCART emissions files for L186.
+    if ( $AGCM_LM == 186 ) then
+       set files = `/bin/ls  *.rc`
+       foreach file ($files)
+          cp $file dummy
+          cat dummy | sed -e '/pressure_lid_in_hPa:/c\pressure_lid_in_hPa: 2.5e-6' > $file
+       end
+    endif
+endif
+
 # Rename big ExtData files that are not needed
 # --------------------------------------------
 set            SC_TRUE = `grep -i '^\s*ENABLE_STRATCHEM:\s*\.TRUE\.'     GEOS_ChemGridComp.rc | wc -l`