diff --git a/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice.py b/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice.py
index d975f5b32f2dd0fe08d7e65543779d6ba1738b21..33860db5458d673c4b4dbf2993dc177bb8e0ffe2 100644
--- a/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice.py
+++ b/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def get_simulation():
     simulation.setDetectorParameters(100, -1.0*deg, 1.0*deg,
                                      100, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg)
     simulation.setBeamParameters(1.0*angstrom, 0.2*deg, 0.0*deg)
+    simulation.setBeamIntensity(1e+08)
     return simulation
 
 
diff --git a/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice_builder.py b/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice_builder.py
index 96f0a5a73a4b9569e1b79f787f00a73ab282f3fa..a8cc952f1d770ec588b088ada0e8ad3dded797ab 100644
--- a/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice_builder.py
+++ b/Examples/python/fitting/ex03_FitSpheresInHexLattice/FitSpheresInHexLattice_builder.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def get_simulation():
     simulation.setDetectorParameters(100, -1.0*deg, 1.0*deg,
                                      100, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg)
     simulation.setBeamParameters(1.0*angstrom, 0.2*deg, 0.0*deg)
+    simulation.setBeamIntensity(1e+08)
 
     return simulation
 
diff --git a/Examples/python/fitting/ex05_FitWithMasks/FitWithMasks.py b/Examples/python/fitting/ex05_FitWithMasks/FitWithMasks.py
index c09c97d0c8299a644cc8696f8365bcea210053c1..64d52d4582ba57f42fd5fe4e9560a9057d292e25 100644
--- a/Examples/python/fitting/ex05_FitWithMasks/FitWithMasks.py
+++ b/Examples/python/fitting/ex05_FitWithMasks/FitWithMasks.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def get_simulation():
     simulation.setDetectorParameters(100, -1.0*deg, 1.0*deg,
                                      100, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg)
     simulation.setBeamParameters(1.0*angstrom, 0.2*deg, 0.0*deg)
+    simulation.setBeamIntensity(1e+08)
     return simulation
 
 
diff --git a/Examples/python/fitting/ex06_FitStrategies/FitStrategyAdjustMinimizer.py b/Examples/python/fitting/ex06_FitStrategies/FitStrategyAdjustMinimizer.py
index 313fa57cb4a05cd218dadad9e8e7b48e66946b92..5ce6abd9969d4f014538365d88fd8fd9c2f5825f 100644
--- a/Examples/python/fitting/ex06_FitStrategies/FitStrategyAdjustMinimizer.py
+++ b/Examples/python/fitting/ex06_FitStrategies/FitStrategyAdjustMinimizer.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def get_simulation():
     simulation.setDetectorParameters(100, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg,
                                      100, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg)
     simulation.setBeamParameters(1.0*angstrom, 0.2*deg, 0.0*deg)
+    simulation.setBeamIntensity(1e+08)
     return simulation
 
 
diff --git a/Examples/python/fitting/ex07_FitAlongSlices/FitAlongSlices.py b/Examples/python/fitting/ex07_FitAlongSlices/FitAlongSlices.py
index bff663fcfd63c4f13e94eabd2046862cd0bc8bd2..e26837bdda137d98e87c8f8db54e4cf270c1a249 100644
--- a/Examples/python/fitting/ex07_FitAlongSlices/FitAlongSlices.py
+++ b/Examples/python/fitting/ex07_FitAlongSlices/FitAlongSlices.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def get_simulation():
     simulation.setDetectorParameters(100, -1.0*deg, 1.0*deg,
                                      100, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg)
     simulation.setBeamParameters(1.0*angstrom, 0.2*deg, 0.0*deg)
+    simulation.setBeamIntensity(1e+08)
     return simulation
 
 
diff --git a/Examples/python/fitting/ex08_SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets/SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets.py b/Examples/python/fitting/ex08_SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets/SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets.py
index 3e552789ebcd75d3ac4b87e2a045d46f45b91018..c0c77f10097ba3e339c2fb79fb77bb543290f21e 100644
--- a/Examples/python/fitting/ex08_SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets/SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets.py
+++ b/Examples/python/fitting/ex08_SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets/SimultaneousFitOfTwoDatasets.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def get_simulation(incident_alpha=0.2):
     simulation.setDetectorParameters(50, -1.5*deg, 1.5*deg,
                                      50, 0.0*deg, 2.0*deg)
     simulation.setBeamParameters(1.0*angstrom, incident_alpha, 0.0*deg)
+    simulation.setBeamIntensity(1e+08)
     return simulation