diff --git a/src/sim.rs b/src/sim.rs
index c46db8a..7dbd826 100644
--- a/src/sim.rs
+++ b/src/sim.rs
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ mod test {
             // println!("estim({}) = {}", _t, energy(state));
             state.step();
         }
-        let (energy_0, energy_1) = energy_now_and_then(state, 2000);
+        let (energy_0, energy_1) = energy_now_and_then(state, 1000);
         // sanity check the starting energy
         assert_gt!(energy_0, 1e-11);
         assert_lt!(energy_0, 1.0);
@@ -1567,8 +1567,11 @@ mod test {
         let en_pml = pml_test_at(pml_state, e, center);
         let en_baseline = pml_test_at(baseline_state, e, center);
         // PML should absorb all energy
-        assert_float_eq!(en_pml, 0.0, abs <= 2e-5);
-        assert_lt!(en_pml / en_baseline, 1e-3, "{}", en_pml);
+        println!("en_pml:      {}", en_pml);
+        println!("en_baseline: {}", en_baseline);
+        assert_float_eq!(en_pml, 0.0, abs <= 1e-6);
+        assert_lt!(en_pml / en_baseline, 1.0, "{}", en_pml);
+        // panic!("debugging");
     }
 
     #[test]