diff --git a/src/tesend.F90 b/src/tesend.F90
index 7e356e9f36d0c6c35b920da6611e2989eb578644..e908f7e72010f007d405446fab104c6744375422 100644
--- a/src/tesend.F90
+++ b/src/tesend.F90
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ SUBROUTINE tesend
   !________________________________________________________________________________
   !                   4.  Test on run time
   CALL cpu_time(tnow)
-  mlend = (1.2*(tnow-start)) .GT. maxruntime
+  mlend = (1.1*(tnow-start)) .GT. maxruntime
 
 
   CALL mpi_allreduce(mlend, nlend, 1, MPI_LOGICAL, MPI_LOR, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)