Transient Analysis RLC circuit problem?

I am conducting a transient analysis of a series RLC circuit in multisim.
Using a 10VDC power supply, a switch, a 10 Henry inductor, a 10 Ohm resistor, and a 5 nF capacitor.
My calculations show that ILmax is 223uA at 700uS.
When I perform the transient analysis I am having the following problems:
If I choose "Automatically determine input conditions" then IL peaks at 700uS, but it peaks at 35pA instead of 223uA?
If I choose "User defined" as the initial condition then IL peaks at 223uA, but it occurs at 250uS instead of 700uS?
What am I doing wrong here?
I should be getting 223uA at 700uS???
Attachments:
transient analysis.png ‏5 KB
Transient RLC multisim.png ‏31 KB

Hi there,
How did you calculate ILmax (time and current)? What's your Multisim version?
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