diff --git a/templates/input.nml b/templates/input.nml
index 8787dd0e75cc1de87f2b881775697dc48178c901..5fd6d27d321f7769b1a08f1189cc39071f97eece 100644
--- a/templates/input.nml
+++ b/templates/input.nml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 # to ~half at 300 km, and ~0 at the edges of the area.
 &assim_tools_nml
    filter_kind                     = 1,
-   cutoff                          = 0.005,
+   cutoff                          = <cov_loc_radian>,
    sort_obs_inc                    = .false.,
    spread_restoration              = .false.,
    sampling_error_correction       = .true.,
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@
 &ensemble_manager_nml
    layout = 2,
    tasks_per_node = 48
+   communication_configuration = 1
+   debug                       = .true.
    /
 
 &obs_def_gps_nml