diff --git a/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.cc b/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.cc
index 08d7e3076138b32e2887bf6f81aaf34de11156ee..0e174ee7338dfe2f5fb47bbbf6facfe811fe2ced 100644
--- a/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.cc
+++ b/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.cc
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ using Track = Trajectory;
 using namespace corsika::process::longitudinal_profile;
 using namespace corsika::units::si;
 
-LongitudinalProfile::LongitudinalProfile(environment::ShowerAxis const& shower_axis)
-    : shower_axis_{shower_axis}
+LongitudinalProfile::LongitudinalProfile(environment::ShowerAxis const& shower_axis,
+                                         units::si::GrammageType dX)
+    : dX_(dX)
+    , shower_axis_{shower_axis}
     , profiles_{static_cast<unsigned int>(shower_axis.maximumX() / dX_) + 1} {}
 
 template <>
@@ -59,13 +61,14 @@ corsika::process::EProcessReturn LongitudinalProfile::DoContinuous(Particle cons
   return corsika::process::EProcessReturn::eOk;
 }
 
-void LongitudinalProfile::save(std::string const& filename) {
+void LongitudinalProfile::save(std::string const& filename, const int width,
+                               const int precision) {
   std::ofstream f{filename};
   f << "# X / g·cm¯², gamma, e+, e-, mu+, mu-, all hadrons" << std::endl;
   for (size_t b = 0; b < profiles_.size(); ++b) {
     f << std::setprecision(5) << std::setw(11) << b * (dX_ / (1_g / 1_cm / 1_cm));
     for (auto const& N : profiles_.at(b)) {
-      f << std::setw(width_) << std::setprecision(precision_) << std::scientific << N;
+      f << std::setw(width) << std::setprecision(precision) << std::scientific << N;
     }
     f << std::endl;
   }
diff --git a/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.h b/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.h
index 0e155a70c60abc84a6fb0e7132fba9d9fbbd802a..c5f01006a5f8585e78771bf989fc492725b576d0 100644
--- a/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.h
+++ b/Processes/LongitudinalProfile/LongitudinalProfile.h
@@ -20,27 +20,44 @@
 
 namespace corsika::process::longitudinal_profile {
 
+  /**
+   * /class Longitudinal_Profile
+   *
+   * is a ContinuousProcess, which is constructed from a ShowerAxis
+   * object, and a dX in units of g/cm2
+   * (corsika::units::si::GrammageType). The shower axis can convert
+   * location in the shower into a projected grammage along the shower
+   * axis.
+   *
+   * LongitudinalProfile does then convert each single Track of the
+   * simulation into a projected grammage range and counts for
+   * different particle species when they cross dX (default: 10g/cm2)
+   * boundaries.
+   *
+   **/
+
   class LongitudinalProfile
       : public corsika::process::ContinuousProcess<LongitudinalProfile> {
 
   public:
-    LongitudinalProfile(environment::ShowerAxis const&);
+    LongitudinalProfile(environment::ShowerAxis const&,
+                        units::si::GrammageType dX = std::invoke([]() {
+                          using namespace units::si;
+                          return 10_g / square(1_cm);
+                        })); // profile binning);
 
-    template <typename Particle, typename Track>
-    corsika::process::EProcessReturn DoContinuous(Particle const&, Track const&);
+    template <typename TParticle, typename TTrack>
+    corsika::process::EProcessReturn DoContinuous(TParticle const&, TTrack const&);
 
-    template <typename Particle, typename Track>
-    corsika::units::si::LengthType MaxStepLength(Particle const&, Track const&) {
+    template <typename TParticle, typename TTrack>
+    corsika::units::si::LengthType MaxStepLength(TParticle const&, TTrack const&) {
       return units::si::meter * std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity();
     }
 
-    void save(std::string const&);
+    void save(std::string const&, int const width = 14, int const precision = 6);
 
   private:
-    units::si::GrammageType const dX_ = std::invoke([]() {
-      using namespace units::si;
-      return 10_g / square(1_cm);
-    }); // profile binning
+    units::si::GrammageType const dX_;
 
     environment::ShowerAxis const& shower_axis_;
     using ProfileEntry = std::array<uint32_t, 6>;
@@ -53,9 +70,6 @@ namespace corsika::process::longitudinal_profile {
       Hadron = 5
     };
     std::vector<ProfileEntry> profiles_; // longitudinal profile
-
-    static int const width_ = 14;
-    static int const precision_ = 6;
   };
 
 } // namespace corsika::process::longitudinal_profile