diff --git a/src/perl/scripts2/template.pl b/src/perl/scripts2/template.pl
index b3f98f7cfa06bcf90063d2bbd258f627e9879fe1..aac51d6659245aa4c20d90f00c3abd88258e67a2 100755
--- a/src/perl/scripts2/template.pl
+++ b/src/perl/scripts2/template.pl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ my $nthreads = rob_misc::ncpus();
 my $population = binary_grid2->new(
     # options can be given now ... 
     metallicity => 0.02, # mass fraction of "metals"
-    max_evolution_time => 0.1,#15000, # Myr 
+    max_evolution_time => 15000, # Myr 
     nthreads=>$nthreads, # number of threads
     );