diff --git a/sim/transport/steer/CbmGeant4Settings.h b/sim/transport/steer/CbmGeant4Settings.h
index 6b58e44deee2f5ec827dbf5e54a5d3b5c76b0d3e..9c1082df41432964f1b6b6fb791b892cdfb6cb8e 100644
--- a/sim/transport/steer/CbmGeant4Settings.h
+++ b/sim/transport/steer/CbmGeant4Settings.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2020 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt
+/* Copyright (C) 2020-2025 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt
    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
    Authors: Florian Uhlig [committer] */
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
   Int_t GetMaximumNumberOfSteps() { return fMaxNumSteps; }
 
 private:
-  std::array<std::string, 3> fG4RunConfig {{"geomRoot", "QGSP_BERT_EMV+optical", "stepLimiter"}};
+  std::array<std::string, 3> fG4RunConfig {{"geomRoot", "QGSP_BERT_EMV+optical", "stepLimiter+specialCuts"}};
 
   /*
   See https://redmine.cbm.gsi.de/issues/2913
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private:
                                         "/process/optical/processActivation OpAbsorption true",
                                         "/process/optical/processActivation OpBoundary true"};
 
-  Int_t fMaxNumSteps {10000000};
+  Int_t fMaxNumSteps {10000};
 
   Int_t fRandomSeed {0};