diff --git a/examples/pour/in.pour b/examples/pour/in.pour
index 62264d413..f3933cd41 100644
--- a/examples/pour/in.pour
+++ b/examples/pour/in.pour
@@ -1,38 +1,39 @@
 # Pour granular particles into chute container, then induce flow
 
 atom_style	granular
 boundary	p p fm
 newton		off
 
 region		reg block -10 10 -10 10 -0.5 16 units box
 create_box	1 reg
 
 neighbor	0.2 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0
 
 # IMPORTANT NOTE: these values of stiffness (2000) and timestep (0.001)
 # are used in this example file to produce a quick simulation and movie.
 # More appropriate values for realistic simulations would be
 # k = 2.0e5 and dt = 0.0001, as in bench/in.chute.
 
 pair_style      gran/history 2000.0 50.0 0.5 0
 timestep	0.001
 
-fix		1 all nve/gran
+fix		1 all nve/sphere
 fix		2 all gravity 1.0 spherical 0.0 -180.0
 fix		zlower all wall/gran zplane 0.0 2000.0 50.0 0.5
 
 region		slab block -9.0 9.0 -9.0 9.0 10.0 15.0 units box
 fix		ins all pour 3000 1 300719 vol 0.13 50 region slab
 
-thermo_style	granular
+compute		erot all erotate/sphere
+thermo_style	custom step atoms ke c_erot vol
 thermo		1000
-thermo_modify	lost ignore
+thermo_modify	lost ignore norm no
 compute_modify	thermo_temp dynamic yes
 
 dump		id all atom 1000 dump.pour
 run		25000
 
 unfix		ins
 fix		2 all gravity 1.0 chute 26.0
 run		25000
diff --git a/examples/pour/in.pour.2d b/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
index d1317b8a6..b3bc1c746 100644
--- a/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
+++ b/examples/pour/in.pour.2d
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 # Pour 2d granular particles into container
 
 dimension	2
 atom_style	granular
 boundary	f fm p
 newton		off
 
 region		reg block 0 100 0 50 -0.5 0.5 units box
 create_box	1 reg
 
 neighbor	0.2 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0
 
 # IMPORTANT NOTE: these values of stiffness (2000) and timestep (0.001)
 # are used in this example file to produce a quick simulation and movie.
 # More appropriate values for realistic simulations would be
 # k = 2.0e5 and dt = 0.0001, as in bench/in.chute.
 
 pair_style      gran/hertzian 2000.0 50.0 0.5 0
 timestep	0.001
 
-fix             1 all nve/gran
+fix             1 all nve/sphere
 fix		2 all gravity 1.0 spherical 0.0 -180.0
 fix		xwalls all wall/gran xplane 0 100 50 0
 fix		ywalls all wall/gran yplane 0 NULL 50 0
  
 region          slab block 1.0 99.0 30 34.5 -0.5 0.5 units box
 fix             ins all pour 1000 1 4767548 vol 0.4 10 &
 	        diam 0.5 1.0 region slab
 
 fix             3 all enforce2d
 
-thermo_style	granular
+compute		erot all erotate/sphere
+thermo_style	custom step atoms ke c_erot vol
 thermo		1000
-thermo_modify	lost ignore
+thermo_modify	lost ignore norm no
 compute_modify	thermo_temp dynamic yes
 
 dump		id all atom 250 dump.pour
 run		25000