diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76f645cea6..7f210c13cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Features
 
--   Reformatted Getting Starte notebooks ([#1083](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1083))
+-   Reformatted Getting Started notebooks ([#1083](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1083))
 -   Reformatted Landesfeind electrolytes ([#1064](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1064))
 -   Adapted examples to be run in Google Colab ([#1061](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1061))
 -   Added some new solvers for algebraic models ([#1059](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1059))
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 ## Optimizations
 
+-   Reformatted CasADi "safe" mode to deal with events better ([#1089](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1089))
+
 ## Bug fixes
 
 -   2D processed variables can now be evaluated at the domain boundaries ([#1088](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/1088))
diff --git a/pybamm/solvers/casadi_solver.py b/pybamm/solvers/casadi_solver.py
index 96cb48ee51..03b515bb50 100644
--- a/pybamm/solvers/casadi_solver.py
+++ b/pybamm/solvers/casadi_solver.py
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ def _integrate(self, model, t_eval, inputs=None):
                 dt_max = self.dt_max / model.timescale_eval
             else:
                 # t_f is the dimensionless final time (scaled with the timescale)
-                # Keeping a safe factor of 0.01 but could potentially be bigger
-                dt_max = 0.01 * min(1, t_f)
+                dt_max = 0.1 * min(1, t_f)
             dt_eval_max = np.max(np.diff(t_eval)) * 1.01
             dt_max = np.max([dt_max, dt_eval_max])
             while t < t_f: