diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index f00312f20b6e75dd1a9dde155c7cb6e4ecd9579f..73e9ddab5bb50208ee756f3ec1a6a65c595f9672 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main() {
     double const E = 1e8;
     double const nu = 0.3;
     int const refinements = 5;
-    size_t const solver_maxIterations = 1000;
+    size_t const solver_maxIterations = 10000;
     double const solver_tolerance = 1e-5;
 
     typedef Dune::YaspGrid<dim> GridType;