diff --git a/cosserat-continuum.cc b/cosserat-continuum.cc
index e03b1c59f03c2ccee47a462214efde3cf41f166b..cff9b6c8bf9b78d301b9ee872db5c91caebf9f63 100644
--- a/cosserat-continuum.cc
+++ b/cosserat-continuum.cc
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) try
 
     for (; vIt!=vEndIt; ++vIt) {
 
-#if 1   // Boundary conditions for the cantilever example
+#if 0   // Boundary conditions for the cantilever example
         if (vIt->geometry().corner(0)[0] < 1.0+1e-3 /* or vIt->geometry().corner(0)[0] > upper[0]-1e-3*/ ) {
             // Only translation dofs are Dirichlet
             for (int j=0; j<3; j++)
@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) try
             for (int j=0; j<3; j++)
                 dirichletNodes[grid->leafIndexSet().index(*vIt)][j] = true;
         }
+#endif
+#if 1   // Boundary conditions for the cantilever example
+        if (vIt->geometry().corner(0)[0] < 1.0) {
+            // Only translation dofs are Dirichlet
+            for (int j=0; j<3; j++)
+                dirichletNodes[grid->leafIndexSet().index(*vIt)][j] = true;
+        }
+        if (vIt->geometry().corner(0)[0] < -239 )
+            neumannNodes[grid->leafIndexSet().index(*vIt)][0] = true;
 #endif
     }