diff --git a/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solcx/SolCx.jl b/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solcx/SolCx.jl
index 3a8754ed..92f95ea7 100644
--- a/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solcx/SolCx.jl
+++ b/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solcx/SolCx.jl
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function solCx(
             η,
             G,
             K,
-            Inf,
+            0.1,
             igg;
             iterMax = 500e3,
             nout    = 5e3,
diff --git a/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solkz/SolKz.jl b/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solkz/SolKz.jl
index 541b4308..baba298c 100644
--- a/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solkz/SolKz.jl
+++ b/miniapps/benchmarks/stokes2D/solkz/SolKz.jl
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function solKz(;
     ρ         = solKz_density(xci, ni, di)
     fy        = ρ * g
     ρg        = @zeros(ni...), fy
-    dt        = Inf
+    dt        = 0.1
     G         = @fill(Inf, ni...)
     Kb        = @fill(Inf, ni...)
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7a4d941a..c604cebe 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function runtests()
         println("")
         println("Running tests from $f")
         try
-            run(`$exename -O3 --startup-file=no --check-bounds=no $(joinpath(testdir, f))`)
+            run(`$exename --startup-file=no $(joinpath(testdir, f))`)
         catch ex
             nfail += 1
         end
diff --git a/test/test_stokes_solcx.jl b/test/test_stokes_solcx.jl
index 3f42d5d0..71f58139 100644
--- a/test/test_stokes_solcx.jl
+++ b/test/test_stokes_solcx.jl
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ function check_convergence_case1()
     nx = 64
     ny = 64
     Δη = 1e6
-    init_mpi = JustRelax.MPI.Initialized() ? false : true
-    _, _, iters, = solCx(Δη; nx=nx, ny=ny, init_MPI=init_mpi, finalize_MPI=false)
+    init_MPI = JustRelax.MPI.Initialized() ? false : true
+    _, _, iters, = solCx(Δη; nx=nx, ny=ny, init_MPI=init_MPI, finalize_MPI=false)
 
     tol = 1e-8
     passed = iters.err_evo1[end] < tol