diff --git a/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.cc b/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.cc
index c417c5c18945fda43286a7e33442a2fb6707656e..e0bd836d98b6195497ecc1fb7d2e361ca5b5ced0 100644
--- a/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.cc
+++ b/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.cc
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ void usage(const char *progName, const std::string &errorMsg)
                     errorMessageOut += "\n\nThe List of Mandatory arguments for this program is:\n"
                                         "\t-tEnd                          The end of the simulation. [s] \n"
                                         "\t-dtInitial                     The initial timestep size. [s] \n"
-                                        "\t-MinLevel                      Minimum grid level [-] \n"
-                                        "\t-MaxLevel                      Maximum grid level [-] \n"
-                                        "\t-RefineTolerance               threshold for refinement criterion [-] \n"
-                                        "\t-CoarsenTolerance              threshold for coarsening criterion [-] \n"
                                         "\t-Grid.numberOfCellsX           Resolution in x-direction [-]\n"
                                         "\t-Grid.numberOfCellsY           Resolution in y-direction [-]\n"
                                         "\t-Grid.upperRightX              Dimension of the grid [m]\n"
diff --git a/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.input b/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.input
index c1c07c258e20eac7914a9e93213c915f256ab93e..e4d79dffeea049721b6cbb3eface133476d1aa01 100644
--- a/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.input
+++ b/test/decoupled/2padaptive/test_impes_adaptive.input
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 tEnd = 2e7	# [s]
 dtInitial = 0	# [s]
 
-#for grid adaption
-MinLevel = 0	# [-] minimum level of refinement 
-MaxLevel = 5	# [-] maximum level of refinement
-RefineTolerance = 0.05	# threshold for refinement criterion
-CoarsenTolerance = 0.001	# threshold for coarsening criterion
-
 [Grid]
 numberOfCellsX = 2 # [-] level 0 resolution in x-direction
 numberOfCellsY = 1 # [-] level 0 resolution in y-direction
@@ -24,6 +18,15 @@ numberOfCellsY = 1 # [-] level 0 resolution in y-direction
 upperRightX 		= 300 # [m] dimension of the grid
 upperRightY 		= 100 # [m] dimension of the grid
 
+#############################################################
+#parameters for grid adaption                               #
+#############################################################
+[]
+MinLevel = 0	# [-] minimum level of refinement 
+MaxLevel = 5	# [-] maximum level of refinement
+RefineTolerance = 0.05	# threshold for refinement criterion
+CoarsenTolerance = 0.001	# threshold for coarsening criterion
+
 #########################################################################
 # Simulation restart										            #
 #																	    #