diff --git a/tbse b/tbse
index 13937aecd6199e3b7d197d0ed7cdf31a771c5790..f1ec1c1070e9d93a698d0b323f21f434788c88c1 100755
--- a/tbse
+++ b/tbse
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ RANDOM_SKIP=0
 #
 # Core mass limits
 MAX_TPAGB_CORE_MASS=1.38
-CHANDRASEKHAR_MASS=1.3238
+CHANDRASEKHAR_MASS=1.44
 
 # mass above which neutron stars collapse to black holes
 MAX_NEUTRON_STAR_MASS=1.8
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ NOVA_RETENTION_METHOD=NOVA_RETENTION_ALGORITHM_CONSTANT
 NOVA_RETENTION_FRACTION=1e-3
 
 # Explode individual novae?
-INDIVIDUAL_NOVAE=True
+INDIVIDUAL_NOVAE=False
 
 # Reverse accretion beta (Shara+ 1986) : 
 # accrete beta * the ejected mass back onto the companion.  
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ TIMESTEP_MODULATOR=1.0
 # below).
 #
 ############################################################
-NOVA_TIMESTEP_ACCELERATOR_NUM=0 # 100
+NOVA_TIMESTEP_ACCELERATOR_NUM=100 # 100
 NOVA_TIMESTEP_ACCELERATOR_INDEX=0.5 # 0.5
 NOVA_TIMESTEP_ACCELERATOR_MAX=-1 # -1