diff --git a/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default b/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
index 238e0fc7..3880bc9d 100644
--- a/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
+++ b/Manifest-v1.11.toml.default
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 julia_version = "1.11.5"
 manifest_format = "2.0"
-project_hash = "58c55272ed6a89622a6b510a06a474ba1743a58d"
+project_hash = "f9f7424be55e7c582f860e66512280fdde05365c"
 
 [[deps.ADTypes]]
 git-tree-sha1 = "e2478490447631aedba0823d4d7a80b2cc8cdb32"
@@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ version = "0.3.8"
 
 [[deps.KiteUtils]]
 deps = ["Arrow", "CSV", "DocStringExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "OrderedCollections", "Parameters", "Parsers", "Pkg", "PrecompileTools", "RecursiveArrayTools", "ReferenceFrameRotations", "Rotations", "StaticArrays", "StructArrays", "StructTypes", "YAML"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "7bf8283ad11834c9a7b855fbe4b117223f8ed388"
+git-tree-sha1 = "ef1ab34bdb8c1bcf06f99b4364cae5df1be6936a"
 uuid = "90980105-b163-44e5-ba9f-8b1c83bb0533"
-version = "0.10.9"
+version = "0.10.10"
 
 [[deps.Krylov]]
 deps = ["LinearAlgebra", "Printf", "SparseArrays"]
@@ -1345,9 +1345,9 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 
 [[deps.OrdinaryDiffEqCore]]
 deps = ["ADTypes", "Accessors", "Adapt", "ArrayInterface", "DataStructures", "DiffEqBase", "DocStringExtensions", "EnumX", "FastBroadcast", "FastClosures", "FastPower", "FillArrays", "FunctionWrappersWrappers", "InteractiveUtils", "LinearAlgebra", "Logging", "MacroTools", "MuladdMacro", "Polyester", "PrecompileTools", "Preferences", "RecursiveArrayTools", "Reexport", "SciMLBase", "SciMLOperators", "SciMLStructures", "SimpleUnPack", "Static", "StaticArrayInterface", "StaticArraysCore", "SymbolicIndexingInterface", "TruncatedStacktraces"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d29adfeb720dd7c251b216d91c4bd4fe67c087df"
+git-tree-sha1 = "08dac9c6672a4548439048089bac293759a897fd"
 uuid = "bbf590c4-e513-4bbe-9b18-05decba2e5d8"
-version = "1.26.0"
+version = "1.26.1"
 weakdeps = ["EnzymeCore"]
 
     [deps.OrdinaryDiffEqCore.extensions]
@@ -2091,9 +2091,9 @@ version = "1.11.0"
 
 [[deps.Unitful]]
 deps = ["Dates", "LinearAlgebra", "Random"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "02c1ac8104c9cf941395db79c611483909c04c7d"
+git-tree-sha1 = "d2282232f8a4d71f79e85dc4dd45e5b12a6297fb"
 uuid = "1986cc42-f94f-5a68-af5c-568840ba703d"
-version = "1.23.0"
+version = "1.23.1"
 weakdeps = ["ConstructionBase", "ForwardDiff", "InverseFunctions", "Printf"]
 
     [deps.Unitful.extensions]
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 524a44ff..091aa704 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Documenter = "1.10.1"
 Interpolations = "0.15.1"
 JLD2 = "0.5"
 KitePodModels = "0.3.8"
-KiteUtils = "0.10.9"
+KiteUtils = "0.10.10"
 LaTeXStrings = "1.4.0"
 LinearAlgebra = "1.10, 1.11"
 LinearSolve = "~2.39.0, 3"
diff --git a/data/settings.yaml b/data/settings.yaml
index 9fda1b61..6bf23425 100644
--- a/data/settings.yaml
+++ b/data/settings.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ system:
 
 initial:
     l_tethers: [150.0, 0, 0]       # initial tether length       [m]
-    elevation: 70.8                # initial elevation angle   [deg]
+    elevation: [70.8]              # initial elevation angle   [deg]
     v_reel_outs: [0.0, 0 ,0]       # initial reel out speed    [m/s]
-    depower:   25.0                # initial depower settings    [%]
+    depower:     [25.0]            # initial depower settings    [%]
 
 solver:
     abs_tol: 0.0006        # absolute tolerance of the DAE solver [m, m/s]
diff --git a/test/bench4.jl b/test/bench4.jl
index 97d9dd22..b70046be 100644
--- a/test/bench4.jl
+++ b/test/bench4.jl
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ msg = String[]
     # Julia 1.10 on Ryzen: 787.0 ns 6000 RAM
     # Julia 1.10 on Laptop on battery: 1047ns
     # Julia 1.11 on Laptop on battery: 1035ns
+    # Julia 1.11 on Laptop on battery: 1779ns (using KiteUtils 0.10.10)
 end
 printstyled("Benchmark results for KPS4:\n"; bold = true)
 for i in eachindex(msg)