diff --git a/src/strikeslip/strikeslip.cfg b/src/strikeslip/strikeslip.cfg
index 3ae01416c7460d47688d5e641d72e7096712e2d1..297fd271beab189573c97b79b96e94260960c449 100644
--- a/src/strikeslip/strikeslip.cfg
+++ b/src/strikeslip/strikeslip.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [general]
-outPath = newmark-uniform-1e4  # output written to ./output/strikeslip/outPath
+outPath = newmark-adaptive  # output written to ./output/strikeslip/outPath
 gravity         = 0.0     # [m/s^2]
 
 [body0]
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ printProgress   = true
 restarts.first  = 0
 restarts.spacing= 50
 restarts.write  = true #true
-vtk.write       = true
+vtk.write       = false
+
 
 [problem]
 finalTime       = 50     # [s] #1000
@@ -71,10 +72,12 @@ bodyCount       = 2
 timeStep = 0
 relativeTime = 0.0
 relativeTau = 1e-4 # 1e-6
+minRelativeTau = 1e-6
 
 [timeSteps]
 scheme = newmark
-timeSteps = 1e4
+mode = adaptive # adaptive, uniform
+timeSteps = 1e7 #1e7
 
 [u0.solver]
 maximumIterations = 100