diff --git a/reconstruction/dc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/dc/banks/HitReader.java b/reconstruction/dc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/dc/banks/HitReader.java
index eaa35990c4..b91a84f712 100644
--- a/reconstruction/dc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/dc/banks/HitReader.java
+++ b/reconstruction/dc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/dc/banks/HitReader.java
@@ -331,10 +331,11 @@ private void read_HBHits(TimeToDistanceEstimator tde) {
         
         DataBank pbank = event.getBank(pointName);
         for (int i = 0; i < pbank.rows(); i++) {
-            id2tid.put((int)pbank.getShort("id", i), (int)pbank.getShort("tid", i));
-            id2tidB.put((int)pbank.getShort("id", i), (double)pbank.getFloat("B", i));
-            id2tidtFlight.put((int)pbank.getShort("id", i), (double)pbank.getFloat("TFlight", i));
-            id2tidtProp.put((int)pbank.getShort("id", i), (double)pbank.getFloat("TProp", i));
+            int id = pbank.getShort("id",i);
+            id2tid.put(id, (int)pbank.getShort("tid", i));
+            id2tidB.put(id, (double)pbank.getFloat("B", i));
+            id2tidtFlight.put(id, (double)pbank.getFloat("TFlight", i));
+            id2tidtProp.put(id, (double)pbank.getFloat("TProp", i));
         }
         
         DataBank bank = event.getBank(bankName);
@@ -356,6 +357,10 @@ private void read_HBHits(TimeToDistanceEstimator tde) {
         double[] tFlight = new double[rows];
         double[] trkDoca = new double[rows];
 
+        final boolean ismc = event.hasBank("MC::Particle") ? true : event.getBank("RUN::config").getInt("run",0)<=100;
+            
+        final double T_Start = ismc || !event.hasBank(recBankName) ? 0 : event.getBank(recBankName).getFloat("startTime", 0);
+
         for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
             id[i] = bank.getShort("id", i);
             status[i] = bank.getShort("status", i);
@@ -378,8 +383,7 @@ private void read_HBHits(TimeToDistanceEstimator tde) {
                  tFlight[i] = this.id2tidtFlight.get(id[i]);
             }
             
-            if (event.hasBank("MC::Particle") ||
-                    event.getBank("RUN::config").getInt("run", 0) < 100) {
+            if (ismc) {
                 tProp[i] = 0;
                 tFlight[i] = 0;
             }
@@ -393,25 +397,15 @@ private void read_HBHits(TimeToDistanceEstimator tde) {
                 continue;
             }
             
-            double T_0 = 0;
-            double T_Start = 0;
-            
             if (!event.hasBank(recBankName)) {
                 continue;
             }
             
-            if (event.hasBank(recBankName) && 
-                    event.getBank(recBankName).getFloat("startTime", 0)==-1000) {
+            double T_0 = 0;
+            if (T_Start == -1000) {
                 continue;
             } 
             
-            if (!event.hasBank("MC::Particle") &&
-                    event.getBank("RUN::config").getInt("run", 0) > 100) {
-                //T_0 = this.getT0(sector[i], slayer[i], layer[i], wire[i], T0, T0ERR)[0];
-                if (event.hasBank(recBankName))
-                    T_Start = event.getBank(recBankName).getFloat("startTime", 0);
-            }  
-            
             T_0 = this.getT0(sector[i], slayer[i], layer[i], wire[i], t0s)[0];
             FittedHit hit = new FittedHit(sector[i], slayer[i], layer[i], wire[i], tdc[i], jitter[i], id[i]);
             hit.set_Id(id[i]);
@@ -621,12 +615,10 @@ private void setToPionHypothesis(DataEvent event, int trkId, FittedHit hit) {
         for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
             if (bank.getByte("detector", i) == 6 &&
                     bank.getShort("index", i) == trkId - 1) {
-                px = event.getBank(partBankName).getFloat("px",
-                        bank.getShort("pindex", i));
-                py = event.getBank(partBankName).getFloat("py",
-                        bank.getShort("pindex", i));
-                pz = event.getBank(partBankName).getFloat("pz",
-                        bank.getShort("pindex", i));
+                short pindex = bank.getShort("pindex",i);
+                px = event.getBank(partBankName).getFloat("px",pindex);
+                py = event.getBank(partBankName).getFloat("py",pindex);
+                pz = event.getBank(partBankName).getFloat("pz",pindex);
             }
         }