diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/renumberMesh/renumberMeshDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/renumberMesh/renumberMeshDict
index 15547e985e980721764cbf29367d741a4ea8fd37..2cd1a68ca56dd338283239af10e3a668448a1014 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/renumberMesh/renumberMeshDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/renumberMesh/renumberMeshDict
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ structuredCoeffs
     // Renumber in columns (depthFirst) or in layers
     depthFirst true;
 
-    // Optional: reverse ordering
-    //reverse false;
+    // Reverse ordering
+    reverse false;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposeParDict b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposeParDict
index b383a6efe3d6f07576df236a33415dda2b3a380c..6a27bdfb2c624eb1e5b252f7c12edc3914d011ca 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposeParDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/decomposePar/decomposeParDict
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ structuredCoeffs
 {
     // Patches to do 2D decomposition on. Structured mesh only; cells have
     // to be in 'columns' on top of patches.
-    patches     (bottomPatch);
+    patches     (movingWall);
+
+    // Method to use on the 2D subset
+    method      scotch;
 }
 
 //// Is the case distributed? Note: command-line argument -roots takes