diff --git a/templates/namelist.input b/templates/namelist.input
index d4656653ffc8078d385a59a7326df103a70c4256..0077460fe64d1fd750b025123baaab0dae90041b 100644
--- a/templates/namelist.input
+++ b/templates/namelist.input
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  end_minute                          = <MM2>,  120,  120,
  end_second                          = 0,   00,   00,
  interval_seconds                    = 86400
- history_interval                    = <hist_interval>,   15,   15,
+ history_interval_s                  = <hist_interval_s>
  write_hist_at_0h_rst                = .true.,
  frames_per_outfile                  = 1, 1, 1,
  history_outname 		     = '<archivedir>/wrfout_d<domain>_<date>'
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  io_form_restart                     = 2
  io_form_input                       = 2
  io_form_boundary                    = 2
- nwp_diagnostics 		     = 1
+ nwp_diagnostics 		     = 0
  /
 
  &domains