diff --git a/config/longrun_configs/new_target.yml b/config/longrun_configs/new_target.yml
index dc2df66678..c17657c743 100644
--- a/config/longrun_configs/new_target.yml
+++ b/config/longrun_configs/new_target.yml
@@ -4,21 +4,11 @@ dt_cpl: 150
 energy_check: false
 mode_name: "amip"
 mono_surface: false
-vert_diff: "true"
-moist: "equil"
-rad: "clearsky"
-precip_model: "0M"
-z_elem: 35
-dz_bottom: 50
-h_elem: 12
-kappa_4: 3e16
-rayleigh_sponge: true
-alpha_rayleigh_uh: 0
-dt: "100secs"
+dt: "150secs"
 t_end: "200days" # TODO this has been decreased from 140 days to avoid instability #460
 job_id: "new_target"
 dt_save_to_sol: "5days"
-dt_save_to_disk: "1days"
+dt_save_to_disk: "5days"
 apply_limiter: false
 hourly_checkpoint: true
 turb_flux_partition: "CombinedStateFluxes"