diff --git a/examples/meetup/nnet.ipynb b/examples/meetup/nnet.ipynb
index 8ee622b6..23c30df2 100644
--- a/examples/meetup/nnet.ipynb
+++ b/examples/meetup/nnet.ipynb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# these are the functions we want to classify\n",
-    "scalar = 10  # larger is harder\n",
+    "scalar = 5  # larger is harder\n",
     "noise = Distributions.Normal(0, 0.05)\n",
     "\n",
     "# # problem #1... non-overlapping\n",
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "# pick the plotting limits\n",
     "lim = (-1,1)\n",
     "funcs = [f1, f2]\n",
-    "n = 40\n",
+    "n = 20\n",
     "gridx, gridy = gridxy(lim, n)\n",
     "# default(xlim = lim, ylim = lim)\n",
     "\n",
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     "net = buildTanhClassificationNet(\n",
     "    2,    # number of inputs\n",
     "    1,    # number of outputs\n",
-    "    [100,100,2], # hidden layers structure\n",
+    "    [2,2,2,2,2,2], # hidden layers structure\n",
     "    params = NetParams(gradientModel = gradientModel)\n",
     ")"
    ]