diff --git a/demo/init/ellipt.dat.2d b/demo/init/ellipt.dat.2d
index a605352575f3badfcfbe8a4a7ea21f1f7623dc9b..bba9359710fab10164012bf0d4934433e4d91159 100644
--- a/demo/init/ellipt.dat.2d
+++ b/demo/init/ellipt.dat.2d
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ elliptMesh->global refinements: 0
 
 ellipt->mesh:                   elliptMesh
 ellipt->dim:                    2
-ellipt->polynomial degree:      3
+ellipt->polynomial degree:      1
 
 ellipt->solver:                 cg % no, bicgstab, cg, gmres, odir, ores
 ellipt->solver->max iteration:  1000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ellipt->marker->strategy:       2 % 0: no adaption 1: GR 2: MS 3: ES 4:GERS
 ellipt->marker->MSGamma:        0.5
 
 ellipt->adapt->tolerance:       1e-4
-ellipt->adapt->max iteration:   100
+ellipt->adapt->max iteration:   10
 ellipt->adapt->refine bisections:  2
 
 ellipt->output->filename:       ellipt