diff --git a/Examples/Physics_applications/capacitive_discharge/inputs_base_1d_picmi.py b/Examples/Physics_applications/capacitive_discharge/inputs_base_1d_picmi.py
index 3de88f3b3cb..5fd19bc3b4b 100644
--- a/Examples/Physics_applications/capacitive_discharge/inputs_base_1d_picmi.py
+++ b/Examples/Physics_applications/capacitive_discharge/inputs_base_1d_picmi.py
@@ -268,32 +268,40 @@ def setup_run(self):
         #######################################################################
 
         cross_sec_direc = "../../../../warpx-data/MCC_cross_sections/He/"
-        electron_colls = picmi.MCCCollisions(
-            name="coll_elec",
-            species=self.electrons,
-            background_density=self.gas_density,
-            background_temperature=self.gas_temp,
-            background_mass=self.ions.mass,
-            ndt=self.mcc_subcycling_steps,
-            scattering_processes={
-                "elastic": {
-                    "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "electron_scattering.dat"
-                },
-                "excitation1": {
-                    "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "excitation_1.dat",
-                    "energy": 19.82,
-                },
-                "excitation2": {
-                    "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "excitation_2.dat",
-                    "energy": 20.61,
-                },
-                "ionization": {
-                    "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "ionization.dat",
-                    "energy": 24.55,
-                    "species": self.ions,
-                },
+        electron_scattering_processes = {
+            "elastic": {"cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "electron_scattering.dat"},
+            "excitation1": {
+                "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "excitation_1.dat",
+                "energy": 19.82,
             },
-        )
+            "excitation2": {
+                "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "excitation_2.dat",
+                "energy": 20.61,
+            },
+            "ionization": {
+                "cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "ionization.dat",
+                "energy": 24.55,
+                "species": self.ions,
+            },
+        }
+
+        if self.dsmc:
+            electron_colls = picmi.DSMCCollisions(
+                name="coll_elec",
+                species=[self.ions, self.neutrals],
+                ndt=5,
+                scattering_processes=electron_scattering_processes,
+            )
+        else:
+            electron_colls = picmi.MCCCollisions(
+                name="coll_elec",
+                species=self.electrons,
+                background_density=self.gas_density,
+                background_temperature=self.gas_temp,
+                background_mass=self.ions.mass,
+                ndt=self.mcc_subcycling_steps,
+                scattering_processes=electron_scattering_processes,
+            )
 
         ion_scattering_processes = {
             "elastic": {"cross_section": cross_sec_direc + "ion_scattering.dat"},