diff --git a/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl b/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl
index 73fbf351707c35c894dd8cf48e0d250589909527..1ac6d7098fb4cf41e84d4b6243f74e460e6daaa9 100644
--- a/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl
+++ b/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace corsika {
         get_energy_threshold(vParticle.getPID()) // energy thresholds globally defined for
                                                  // individual particles
             *
-            0.99 // need to go 1% below global e-cut to assure removal in ParticleCut. The
+            0.99999 // need to go 1% below global e-cut to assure removal in ParticleCut. The
                  // 1% does not matter since at cut-time the entire energy is removed.
     );
     auto const maxGrammage = (vParticle.getEnergy() - energy_lim) / dEdX;
diff --git a/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl b/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl
index 57a8b52ad734614596cfbdaeef71ef5e9c9e1e35..fc66093a9780860ca1b15fa2257a96506708ac7b 100644
--- a/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl
+++ b/corsika/detail/modules/tracking/TrackingLeapFrogCurved.inl
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ namespace corsika {
              plane.getNormal().dot(position - plane.getCenter())) // unit: kg*m/s *m
             / (1_m * 1_m * 1_kg) * 1_s;
 
-        std::vector<double> deltaLs = solve_quadratic_real(denom, p, q);
-
-        CORSIKA_LOG_TRACE("deltaLs=[{}]", fmt::join(deltaLs, ", "));
+        std::vector<double> const deltaLs = solve_quadratic_real(denom, p, q);
 
+	CORSIKA_LOG_TRACE("deltaLs=[{}]", fmt::join(deltaLs, ", "));
+	
         if (deltaLs.size() == 0) {
           return Intersections(std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity() * 1_s);
         }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ namespace corsika {
         // select smallest but positive solution
         bool first = true;
         LengthType maxStepLength = 0_m;
-        for (auto& deltaL : deltaLs) {
+        for (auto const& deltaL : deltaLs) {
           if (deltaL < 0) continue;
           if (first) {
             first = false;
diff --git a/examples/vertical_EAS.cpp b/examples/vertical_EAS.cpp
index a7a3ed183f35290639c89faea3eab3671fc1cbb1..ae123f4cfb1683f8595ba12a09a48f6175063ed6 100644
--- a/examples/vertical_EAS.cpp
+++ b/examples/vertical_EAS.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ using MyExtraEnv = MediumPropertyModel<UniformMagneticField<T>>;
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   corsika_logger->set_pattern("[%n:%^%-8l%$] %s:%#: %v");
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::trace);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   CORSIKA_LOG_INFO("vertical_EAS");
 
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       {{Code::Nitrogen, Code::Oxygen},
        {0.7847f, 1.f - 0.7847f}}); // values taken from AIRES manual, Ar removed for now
 
+  builder.addExponentialLayer(1222.6562_g / (1_cm * 1_cm), 994186.38_cm, 2_km);
   builder.addExponentialLayer(1222.6562_g / (1_cm * 1_cm), 994186.38_cm, 4_km);
   builder.addExponentialLayer(1144.9069_g / (1_cm * 1_cm), 878153.55_cm, 10_km);
   builder.addExponentialLayer(1305.5948_g / (1_cm * 1_cm), 636143.04_cm, 40_km);
@@ -392,10 +393,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     decaySibyll.printDecayConfig();
 
-    ParticleCut cut{60_GeV, 60_GeV, 60_GeV, 60_GeV, true};
-    corsika::proposal::Interaction emCascade(env);
-    corsika::proposal::ContinuousProcess emContinuous(env);
-    InteractionCounter emCascadeCounted(emCascade);
+    ParticleCut cut{60_GeV, true, true};
+    // corsika::proposal::Interaction emCascade(env);
+    // corsika::proposal::ContinuousProcess emContinuous(env);
+    // InteractionCounter emCascadeCounted(emCascade);
+    BetheBlochPDG emContinuous(showerAxis);
 
     OnShellCheck reset_particle_mass(1.e-3, 1.e-1, false);
     TrackWriter trackWriter(tracks_dir);
@@ -420,16 +422,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     EAS.run();
 
     cut.showResults();
-    emContinuous.showResults();
+    // emContinuous.showResults();
     observationLevel.showResults();
     const HEPEnergyType Efinal = cut.getCutEnergy() + cut.getInvEnergy() +
-                                 cut.getEmEnergy() + emContinuous.getEnergyLost() +
+                                 cut.getEmEnergy() + // emContinuous.getEnergyLost() +
                                  observationLevel.getEnergyGround();
     cout << "total cut energy (GeV): " << Efinal / 1_GeV << endl
          << "relative difference (%): " << (Efinal / E0 - 1) * 100 << endl;
     observationLevel.reset();
     cut.reset();
-    emContinuous.reset();
+    // emContinuous.reset();
 
     longprof.save(longprof_dat);