diff --git a/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_dipoles.py b/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_dipoles.py
index 80093928f..b9b315f59 100755
--- a/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_dipoles.py
+++ b/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_dipoles.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 else:
     nphi = 64  # nphi = ntheta >= 64 needed for accurate full-resolution runs
     ntheta = nphi
-    Nx = 80  # cartesian bricks but note that we are not modelling the cubic geometry!
+    Nx = 50  # cartesian bricks but note that we are not modelling the cubic geometry!
     Ny = Nx
     Nz = Nx
 
diff --git a/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_exact.py b/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_exact.py
index 1c1dccfaf..ab63daf6f 100755
--- a/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_exact.py
+++ b/examples/2_Intermediate/tokamak_exact.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 else:
     nphi = 64  # nphi = ntheta >= 64 needed for accurate full-resolution runs
     ntheta = nphi
-    Nx = 80  # cartesian bricks but note that we are not modelling the cubic geometry!
+    Nx = 50  # cartesian bricks but note that we are not modelling the cubic geometry!
     Ny = Nx
     Nz = Nx