Hi Garold, Firstly, MAX_SCF 20 in your input file. I think 20 steps can not guarantee any system to converge at such small value. Secondly, you can add XC_SMOOTH in the XC domain, which may lead to the convergence faster. &XC_GRID XC_SMOOTH_RHO NN10 XC_DERIV SPLINE2_SMOOTH &END XC_GRID