diff --git a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters
index 7cae1d889abda95cadf6897caac6cd1ca6daa91f..0dd2342c111fa5245c9cf6edbfff4d4b6e9d64ec 100644
--- a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters
+++ b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ Tw 310;
 Pr_t 1;
 thickness 1;
 radius 1;
+end_Time 100;
diff --git a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict
index 3dd3aa6ddd163f87ff12cded31f3d178b3cd34fa..5936f7fbf175048f5271054adb09cb9b3de83f26 100644
--- a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict
+++ b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ FoamFile
 }
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
+#include "../parameters";
+
 application     buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam;
 
 startFrom       latestTime;
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ startTime       0;
 
 stopAt          endTime;
 
-endTime         1000;
+/* endTime         1000;  */
+endTime         $end_Time;  // hoping that steady state or regular fluctuation is reached
 
 deltaT          1;