diff --git a/examples/Chambers2013/aescattermovie.py b/examples/Chambers2013/aescattermovie.py
index 17361a343..1695edd90 100755
--- a/examples/Chambers2013/aescattermovie.py
+++ b/examples/Chambers2013/aescattermovie.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def update(self,frame):
         self.s3 = s[3]
         return self.s0, self.s1, self.s2, self.s3, self.title,
 
-sim = swiftest.Simulation(simdir="fragglesim",read_old_output=True)
+sim = swiftest.Simulation(read_old_output=True)
 print('Making animation')
 anim = AnimatedScatter(sim.data,sim.param)
 print('Animation finished')
diff --git a/examples/Chambers2013/init_cond.py b/examples/Chambers2013/init_cond.py
index c0f4b9b25..26418e7c6 100755
--- a/examples/Chambers2013/init_cond.py
+++ b/examples/Chambers2013/init_cond.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 from numpy.random import default_rng
 
 # Initialize simulation object
-sim = swiftest.Simulation(simdir="fragglesim")
-
-sim.set_parameter(compute_conservation_values=True,  rotation=True, init_cond_format="EL",collision_model="fraggle",encounter_save="none")
+sim = swiftest.Simulation(compute_conservation_values=True,  rotation=True, init_cond_format="EL",collision_model="fraggle",encounter_save="none")
 
 # Add bodies described in Chambers (2013) Sec. 2.1, with the uniform spatial distribution and two bodies sizes (big and small)
 Nb = 14
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@
 Rs = (3 * Ms / (4 * np.pi * dens) )**(1.0 / 3.0)
 mtiny = 1e-2 * Ms
 mininum_fragment_mass = 1e-4 * Ms
-rng = default_rng(seed=880334)
+rng = default_rng(seed=170834)
 
 # Define the initial orbital elements of the big and small bodies
 avalb = rng.uniform(0.3, 2.0, Nb)