diff --git a/ramses/README.md b/ramses/README.md
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--- a/ramses/README.md
+++ b/ramses/README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ The Ramses code seems to be well documented in the linked PDF. We can simply loa
 
 - version: [050cb1f00d240640188c89587d55c7b6d36095eb](https://bitbucket.org/rteyssie/ramses/src/050cb1f00d240640188c89587d55c7b6d36095eb)
 - [documentation](https://www.ics.uzh.ch/~teyssier/ramses/Documentation_files/ramses_ug.pdf)
+- exemplary namelist/parameter file for Richings21 Baryon 7 7 9 simulation (cosmological zoom)
 
 
 ## bin/Makefile changes
 
 - set NDIM to 3
 - set MPI to 1
+- set NPSCAL to 1 for Zoom simulations. Otherwise, ic_pvar_00001 will not be read (p stands for passive)
 
 
diff --git a/ramses/namelist.txt b/ramses/namelist.txt
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index 0000000..9f98b30
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+++ b/ramses/namelist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+&RUN_PARAMS
+cosmo=.true.
+pic=.true.
+poisson=.true.
+hydro=.true.
+nrestart=0
+nremap=1
+nsubcycle=1,1,1,1,2
+ncontrol=1
+verbose=.false.
+/
+
+&INIT_PARAMS
+filetype='grafic'
+initfile(1)='richings21_bary_ramses_7_7_9/level_007'
+initfile(2)='richings21_bary_ramses_7_7_9/level_008'
+initfile(3)='richings21_bary_ramses_7_7_9/level_009'
+/
+
+&OUTPUT_PARAMS
+aend=1
+noutput=8
+aout=0.025,0.05,0.1,0.166666,0.333333,0.5,0.666666,1.0
+/
+
+&AMR_PARAMS
+levelmin=7
+levelmax=17
+nexpand=3,1,1
+ngridtot=20000000
+nparttot=30000000
+/
+
+&REFINE_PARAMS
+m_refine=11*8.,
+ivar_refine=6
+var_cut_refine=0.01
+mass_cut_refine=1.49012e-08
+interpol_var=1
+interpol_type=0
+/
+
+&HYDRO_PARAMS
+courant_factor=0.8
+riemann='hllc'
+slope_type=1
+/
+
+&POISSON_PARAMS
+gravity_type=0
+epsilon=1e-4
+/
+
+&COOLING_PARAMS
+cooling=.false.
+metal=.false.
+/
+
+