diff --git a/bindings/Mandos/python/Model.cpp b/bindings/Mandos/python/Model.cpp
index 3373f7a384cc643c99f0c335e0c8a96611c1d5d7..df24087e060f24fbcfb6869992ec210914cd54cb 100644
--- a/bindings/Mandos/python/Model.cpp
+++ b/bindings/Mandos/python/Model.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void mandos::py::wrapModel(::py::module_ &m)
             },
             ::py::arg(),
             ::py::arg(),
-            ::py::arg("name"),
+            ::py::arg("name") = std::optional<std::string>{},
             ::py::arg("stiffness") = mandos::core::Scalar(0))
 
         ///////////////// Visitors //////////////////////
diff --git a/examples/python/RigidBody/local_vs_global.py b/examples/python/RigidBody/local_vs_global.py
index 7784c4208af4ccaf2bd704f402c18d6c8e5b965b..6a36b93a5986664f6698c8c05d9bc7d967230059 100644
--- a/examples/python/RigidBody/local_vs_global.py
+++ b/examples/python/RigidBody/local_vs_global.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def simulate_callback(model, rigid_body_local, rigid_body_global):
     stepParameters.newton_iterations = 5
     stepParameters.cg_error = 1e-7
     stepParameters.grad_norm = 1e-1
-    stepParameters.enable_line_search = False
+    stepParameters.line_search_iterations = 0
 
     pymandos.step(model, stepParameters)
     ps.get_surface_mesh("rb_local_mesh").set_transform(rigid_body_local.get_transform())
diff --git a/examples/python/RigidBody/rigidbody.py b/examples/python/RigidBody/rigidbody.py
index 5180257b236656afeb7b1b32ba5669f1e6d5dd55..860010cafbb181a275bc27a12a4ac6d0d9bfe472 100644
--- a/examples/python/RigidBody/rigidbody.py
+++ b/examples/python/RigidBody/rigidbody.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def simulate_callback(model, rigid_body):
     stepParameters.cg_iterations = 20
     stepParameters.cg_error = 1e-4
     stepParameters.grad_norm = 1e-3
-    stepParameters.enable_line_search = False
+    stepParameters.line_search_iterations = 0
 
     pymandos.step(model, stepParameters)
     ps.get_surface_mesh("rb_mesh").set_transform(rigid_body.get_transform())