diff --git a/cpp/switchchain.cpp b/cpp/switchchain.cpp
index d46956ceedb2e54c40cc04157f92a297309c1731..442b4b280f94c9bd1a03a978aab5b9eac04f4295 100644
--- a/cpp/switchchain.cpp
+++ b/cpp/switchchain.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int main() {
     // Expect:  #tri = const * n^{ something }
     // The goal is to find the 'something' by finding the number of triangles
     // for different values of n and tau
-    float tauValues[] = {2.2f, 2.5f, 2.8f};
+    float tauValues[] = {2.2f, 2.35f, 2.5f, 2.65f, 2.8f};
 
     Graph g;
 
@@ -84,16 +84,16 @@ int main() {
     outfile << '{';
     bool outputComma = false;
 
-    for (int numVertices = 4000; numVertices <= 8000; numVertices += 1000) {
+    for (int numVertices = 200; numVertices <= 1000; numVertices += 100) {
         for (float tau : tauValues) {
 
             DegreeSequence ds(numVertices);
-            powerlaw_distribution degDist(tau, 2, numVertices);
+            powerlaw_distribution degDist(tau, 1, numVertices);
             //std::poisson_distribution<> degDist(12);
 
             // For a single n,tau take samples over several instances of
             // the degree distribution
-            for (int degreeSample = 0; degreeSample < 200; ++degreeSample) {
+            for (int degreeSample = 0; degreeSample < 500; ++degreeSample) {
                 // Generate a graph
                 // might require multiple tries
                 for (int i = 1; ; ++i) {
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ int main() {
                           << numVertices << ", tau = " << tau << ". \t"
                           << std::flush;
 
-                constexpr int mixingTime = 20000;
-                constexpr int measureTime = 10000;
+                constexpr int mixingTime = 30000;
+                constexpr int measureTime = 20000;
                 constexpr int measureSkip =
-                    100; // Take a sample every 100 steps
+                    200; // Take a sample every ... steps
                 constexpr int measurements =
                     (measureTime - 1) / measureSkip + 1;
                 int movesDone = 0;