diff --git a/examples/global-lunar-bombardment/ctem.in b/examples/global-lunar-bombardment/ctem.in
index a9196839..4220c91e 100755
--- a/examples/global-lunar-bombardment/ctem.in
+++ b/examples/global-lunar-bombardment/ctem.in
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ doseismic    F                                  ! Perform seismic shaking calcul
 
 ! Optional inputF These have internally set default values that work reasonable well. Comment them out with
 deplimit        9e99                            ! Depth limit for craters (m) - Default is to ignore.
-maxcrat         1.00e0                          ! Fraction of gridsize that maximum crater can be - Default 1.0
+maxcrat         0.10e0                          ! Fraction of gridsize that maximum crater can be - Default 1.0
 killatmaxcrater F                               ! Stop the run if a crater larger than the maximum is produced - Default F      
 basinimp        35.0e3                          ! Size of impactor to switch to lunar basin scaling law - Default is to ignore
 docollapse      T                               ! Do slope collapse - Default T
diff --git a/src/crater/crater_populate.f90 b/src/crater/crater_populate.f90
index ab8e9540..249dbfcf 100644
--- a/src/crater/crater_populate.f90
+++ b/src/crater/crater_populate.f90
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ subroutine crater_populate(user,surf,crater,domain,prod,production_list,vdist,nt
       call crater_generate(user,crater,domain,prod,production_list,vdist,surf)
       if (user%testflag) write(*,*) 'Dcrat = ',crater%fcrat
       if (user%testflag) write(*,*) 'Dtrans = ',crater%rad*2
+      if (crater%fcrat > domain%biggest_crater) then ! End the run if the crater is too big
+         if ( user%testflag .eqv. .false. ) then
+            if (user%killatmaxcrater) then 
+               fracdone = real(icrater,kind=DP) / real(ntotcrat,kind=DP)
+               write(*,*)
+               write(*,'("Ended run at ",F7.2,"% due to crater of size: ",ES13.4)') fracdone * 100,crater%fcrat
+               exit
+            else
+               makecrater = .false. ! Ignore this big crater
+            end if
+         end if
+      end if 
       if (user%doquasimc) then
          if (crater%timestamp > user%rctime) then
             user%testflag = .false.
@@ -169,16 +181,6 @@ subroutine crater_populate(user,surf,crater,domain,prod,production_list,vdist,nt
             end if
          end if
       end if
-      if (crater%fcrat > domain%biggest_crater) then ! End the run if the crater is too big
-         if (user%killatmaxcrater) then 
-            fracdone = real(icrater,kind=DP) / real(ntotcrat,kind=DP)
-            write(*,*)
-            write(*,'("Ended run at ",F7.2,"% due to crater of size: ",ES13.4)') fracdone * 100,crater%fcrat
-            exit
-         else
-            makecrater = .false. ! Ignore this big crater
-         end if
-      end if 
       if (crater%fcrat > 0.8_DP * domain%side) then
          surf%ejcov  = 0.0_DP
          surf%dem    = 0.0_DP