diff --git a/run_example_downscaled.py b/run_example_downscaled.py
index 5f984dc5bc118961225faee1fedbeb33e88bc473..7f47adbe68fdaa9e55a3b0c955eb782c2b74eb1a 100644
--- a/run_example_downscaled.py
+++ b/run_example_downscaled.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ d = {}
 conn_params = {'replace_non_simulated_areas': 'het_poisson_stat',
                'cc_weights_factor': 1.0, # run model in Ground State
                'cc_weights_I_factor': 1.0}
+
 network_params = {'N_scaling': 0.01,
                   'K_scaling': 0.01,
-                  'fullscale_rates': os.path.join(base_path, 'tests/fullscale_rates.json')}
+                  'fullscale_rates': os.path.join(base_path, 'tests/fullscale_rates.json'),
+                  'connection_params': conn_params}
 
 sim_params = {'t_sim': 2000.,
               'num_processes': 1,
diff --git a/run_example_fullscale.py b/run_example_fullscale.py
index c8c0036d259f04799319abd0a33ddeb86092d31d..dce6558d9dd09eadf3c3a194480afcfffcb8e1ff 100644
--- a/run_example_fullscale.py
+++ b/run_example_fullscale.py
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ resources, for instance on a compute cluster.
 """
 d = {}
 
+conn_params = {'cc_weights_factor': 1.0, # run model in Ground State
+               'cc_weights_I_factor': 1.0}
+
 network_params = {'N_scaling': 1.,
-                  'K_scaling': 1.}
+                  'K_scaling': 1.,
+                  'connection_params': conn_params}
 
 sim_params = {'t_sim': 2000.,
               'num_processes': 720,