diff --git a/offline/packages/mbd/MbdEvent.cc b/offline/packages/mbd/MbdEvent.cc
index 62a6c96fe7..e5ae966587 100644
--- a/offline/packages/mbd/MbdEvent.cc
+++ b/offline/packages/mbd/MbdEvent.cc
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int MbdEvent::InitRun()
   {
     // Download calibrations
     int status = _mbdcal->Download_All();
-    if ( status == -1 )
+    if ( status < 0 && _calpass==0 )  // only abort for normal processing
     {
       return Fun4AllReturnCodes::ABORTRUN;
     }
diff --git a/offline/packages/mbd/MbdReco.h b/offline/packages/mbd/MbdReco.h
index eced3b89e9..13a635d602 100644
--- a/offline/packages/mbd/MbdReco.h
+++ b/offline/packages/mbd/MbdReco.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class MbdReco : public SubsysReco
   void SetProcChargeCh(const bool s) { _always_process_charge = s; }
   void SetMbdTrigOnly(const int m)   { _mbdonly = m; }
 
+  MbdEvent* GetMbdEvent() { return m_mbdevent.get(); }
+
  private:
   int  createNodes(PHCompositeNode *topNode);
   int  getNodes(PHCompositeNode *topNode);
diff --git a/offline/packages/mbd/MbdSig.cc b/offline/packages/mbd/MbdSig.cc
index 9b270e8ee8..155d731719 100644
--- a/offline/packages/mbd/MbdSig.cc
+++ b/offline/packages/mbd/MbdSig.cc
@@ -311,11 +311,13 @@ void MbdSig::SetXY(const Float_t* x, const Float_t* y, const int invert)
       Remove_Pileup();
     }
 
+    /*
     if ( _verbose && _ch==9 )
     {
       std::cout << "SetXY: ch " << _ch << std::endl;
       gSubPulse->Print("ALL");
     }
+    */
   }
 
   _evt_counter++;