diff --git a/src/LHE-FxFx.in b/src/LHE-FxFx.in
--- a/src/LHE-FxFx.in
+++ b/src/LHE-FxFx.in
@@ -1,148 +1,150 @@
 ##################################################
 # Example generator based on LHC parameters
 # For FxFx merging with MadGraph5/aMC@NLO
 # usage: Herwig read FxFx.in
 ##################################################
+#read snippets/PPCollider.in
+##################################################
 # Technical parameters for this run
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 set EventGenerator:NumberOfEvents 100000000
 set EventGenerator:RandomNumberGenerator:Seed 31122001
 set EventGenerator:PrintEvent     1
 set EventGenerator:MaxErrors      10000
 ##################################################################
 #   Create the Les Houches file handler and reader for FxFx events
 ##################################################################
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 library HwFxFx.so
 create Herwig::FxFxEventHandler LesHouchesHandler
 
 # set the various step handlers
 set LesHouchesHandler:PartonExtractor /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor
 set LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:DecayHandler /Herwig/Decays/DecayHandler
 
 # set the weight option (for MC@NLO)
 set LesHouchesHandler:WeightOption VarNegWeight
 
 # set event hander as one to be used
 set /Herwig/Generators/EventGenerator:EventHandler  /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler
 
 # Set up an EMPTY CUTS object
 # Normally you will have imposed any cuts you want
 # when generating the event file and don't want any more
 # in particular for POWHEG and MC@NLO you must not apply cuts on the
 # the extra jet
 create ThePEG::Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 # Create a LH reader specialised for FxFx events
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 create Herwig::FxFxFileReader FxFxLHReader
 insert LesHouchesHandler:FxFxReaders[0] FxFxLHReader
 
 # Create the FxFxHandler for merging with the shower	 
 cd /Herwig/Shower
 library HwFxFxHandler.so
 create Herwig::FxFxHandler FxFxHandler
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:SplittingGenerator /Herwig/Shower/SplittingGenerator
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:KinematicsReconstructor /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:PartnerFinder /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler
 
 ###################################################################################
 # PDF settings									  #
 # You may wish to use the same PDF as the events were generated with		  #
 ###################################################################################
 create ThePEG::LHAPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF ThePEGLHAPDF.so
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:PDFName NAME_OF_PDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:AllowTop Yes
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:RemnantHandler /Herwig/Partons/HadronRemnants
 set /Herwig/Particles/p+:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Particles/pbar-:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:FirstPDF  /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:SecondPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # We would recommend the shower uses the default PDFs with which it was tuned.
 # However it can be argued that the same set as for the sample should be used for
 # matched samples, i.e. MC@NLO (and less so POWHEG)
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # You can in principle also change the PDFs for the remnant extraction and
 # multiple scattering. As the generator was tuned with the default values
 # this is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED without retuning the MPI parameters
 # create the reader and set cuts
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:FileName NAME_OF_FILE #(the file can be compressed (gziped,bziped))
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:WeightWarnings    false
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:AllowedToReOpen No
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:InitPDFs 0
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 # option to ensure momentum conservation is O.K. due rounding errors (recommended)
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:MomentumTreatment RescaleEnergy
 # set the pdfs
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # if using BSM models with QNUMBER info
 #set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:QNumbers Yes
 #set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:Decayer /Herwig/Decays/Mambo
 
 ##################################################
 #  Shower parameters				 #
 ##################################################
 # normally, especially for POWHEG, you want
 # the scale supplied in the event files (SCALUP)
 # to be used as a pT veto scale in the parton shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:MaxPtIsMuF Yes
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:RestrictPhasespace Yes
 # Shower parameters
 # treatment of wide angle radiation
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:PartnerMethod Random
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:ScaleChoice Partner
 # with MC@NLO these parameters are required for consistency of the subtraction terms
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialInitialBoostOption LongTransBoost
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:ReconstructionOption General
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialStateReconOption Rapidity
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:SpinCorrelations No
 
 #############################################################
 # Set up the FxFxHandler			            #
 #############################################################
 cd /Herwig/Shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:MPIHandler  /Herwig/UnderlyingEvent/MPIHandler
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:RemDecayer  /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:ShowerAlpha  AlphaQCD
 # set the heavy quark decay product vetoing process on/off
 set FxFxHandler:HeavyQVeto Yes
 # Automatic detection of the hard process (experimental)
 set FxFxHandler:HardProcessDetection Automatic
 # No. of light jets in maximum-multiplicity FxFx process
 set FxFxHandler:njetsmax      MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PARTONS_IN_LHE_FILE # Make sure this is set correctly!
 # Mimimum parton-parton R-sep used for generation.
 set FxFxHandler:drjmin      0
 # Recommended key merging parameters below             
 cd /Herwig/Shower
 # turn the Vetoing On or Off completely
 set FxFxHandler:VetoIsTurnedOff VetoingIsOn
 # merging mode: in this case FxFx:
 set FxFxHandler:MergeMode FxFx
 # merging scale
 set FxFxHandler:ETClus 20*GeV
 # jet radius used in clustering in merging.
 set FxFxHandler:RClus 1.0
 # Max |eta| for jets in clustering in merging.
 set FxFxHandler:EtaClusMax 10
 # Default 1.5 factor used to decide if a jet matches a parton
 # in merging: if DR(parton,jet)<rclusfactor*rclus the parton 
 # and jet are said to have been matched.
 set FxFxHandler:RClusFactor 1.5
 
 ##################################################
 # LHC physics parameters (override defaults here) 
 ##################################################
 # e.g if different top mass used
 #set /Herwig/Particles/t:NominalMass 173.0
 
 ##################################################
 # Save run for later usage with 'Herwig run'
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 saverun LHE-FxFx EventGenerator
diff --git a/src/LHE-MCatNLO.in b/src/LHE-MCatNLO.in
--- a/src/LHE-MCatNLO.in
+++ b/src/LHE-MCatNLO.in
@@ -1,111 +1,112 @@
 ##################################################
 # Example generator based on LHC parameters
 # For use with MC@NLO events from MadGraph5/aMC@NLO
 # usage: Herwig read LHE.in
 ##################################################
-read snippets/PPCollider.in
+#read snippets/PPCollider.in
 ##################################################
 # Technical parameters for this run
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 set EventGenerator:NumberOfEvents 10000000
 set EventGenerator:RandomNumberGenerator:Seed 31122001
 set EventGenerator:DebugLevel 0
 set EventGenerator:PrintEvent 10
 set EventGenerator:MaxErrors 10000
 ##################################################
 #   Create the Les Houches file handler and reader
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 library LesHouches.so
 # create the event handler
 create ThePEG::LesHouchesEventHandler LesHouchesHandler
 
 # set the various step handlers
 set LesHouchesHandler:PartonExtractor /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor
 set LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:DecayHandler /Herwig/Decays/DecayHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:HadronizationHandler /Herwig/Hadronization/ClusterHadHandler
 
 # set the weight option
 set LesHouchesHandler:WeightOption VarNegWeight
 
 # set event hander as one to be used
 set /Herwig/Generators/EventGenerator:EventHandler /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler
 
 # Set up an EMPTY CUTS object
 # Normally you will have imposed any cuts you want
 # when generating the event file and don't want any more
 # in particular for POWHEG and MC@NLO you must not apply cuts on the
 # the extra jet
 create ThePEG::Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 ####################################################################
 # PDF settings #
 ####################################################################
 # You may wish to use the same PDF as the events were generated with
 create ThePEG::LHAPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF ThePEGLHAPDF.so
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:PDFName NAME_OF_PDF
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:AllowTop Yes
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:RemnantHandler /Herwig/Partons/HadronRemnants
 set /Herwig/Particles/p+:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Particles/pbar-:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:FirstPDF  /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:SecondPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # We would recommend the shower uses the default PDFs with which it was tuned.
 # However it can be argued that the same set as for the sample should be used for
 # matched samples, i.e. MC@NLO (and less so POWHEG)
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # You can in principle also change the PDFs for the remnant extraction and
 # multiple scattering. As the generator was tuned with the default values
 # this is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED without retuning the MPI parameters
 # create the reader and set cuts
 create ThePEG::LesHouchesFileReader LesHouchesReader
 set LesHouchesReader:FileName NAME_OF_FILE #(the file can be compressed (gziped,bziped))
 set LesHouchesReader:AllowedToReOpen No
 set LesHouchesReader:InitPDFs 0
 set LesHouchesReader:Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 # option to ensure momentum conservation is O.K. due rounding errors (recommended)
 set LesHouchesReader:MomentumTreatment RescaleEnergy
 # set the pdfs
 set LesHouchesReader:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set LesHouchesReader:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # if using BSM models with QNUMBER info
 #set LesHouchesReader:QNumbers Yes
 #set LesHouchesReader:Decayer /Herwig/Decays/Mambo
 # and add to handler
 insert LesHouchesHandler:LesHouchesReaders 0 LesHouchesReader
 
 ##################################################
 #  Shower parameters
 ##################################################
 # normally, especially for POWHEG, you want
 # the scale supplied in the event files (SCALUP)
 # to be used as a pT veto scale in the parton shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:MaxPtIsMuF Yes
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:RestrictPhasespace Yes
 # Shower parameters
 # treatment of wide angle radiation
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:PartnerMethod Random
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:ScaleChoice Partner
 # with MC@NLO these parameters are required for consistency of the subtraction terms
 # suggested parameters (give worse physics results with POWHEG)
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialInitialBoostOption LongTransBoost
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:ReconstructionOption General
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialStateReconOption Rapidity
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:SpinCorrelations No
 
 ##################################################
 # LHC physics parameters (override defaults here) 
 ##################################################
 # e.g if different top mass used
 #set /Herwig/Particles/t:NominalMass 173.0
 
 ##################################################
 # Save run for later usage with 'Herwig run'
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 saverun LHE-MCatNLO EventGenerator
diff --git a/src/LHE-MGMerging.in b/src/LHE-MGMerging.in
--- a/src/LHE-MGMerging.in
+++ b/src/LHE-MGMerging.in
@@ -1,152 +1,154 @@
 ##################################################
 # Example generator based on LHC parameters
 # For FxFx merging with MadGraph5/aMC@NLO
 # usage: Herwig read FxFx.in
 ##################################################
+#read snippets/PPCollider.in
+##################################################
 # Technical parameters for this run
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 set EventGenerator:NumberOfEvents 100000000
 set EventGenerator:RandomNumberGenerator:Seed 31122001
 set EventGenerator:PrintEvent     1
 set EventGenerator:MaxErrors      10000
 ##################################################################
 #   Create the Les Houches file handler and reader for FxFx events
 ##################################################################
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 library HwFxFx.so
 create Herwig::FxFxEventHandler LesHouchesHandler
 
 # set the various step handlers
 set LesHouchesHandler:PartonExtractor /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor
 set LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:DecayHandler /Herwig/Decays/DecayHandler
 
 # set the weight option (for MC@NLO)
 set LesHouchesHandler:WeightOption VarNegWeight
 
 # set event hander as one to be used
 set /Herwig/Generators/EventGenerator:EventHandler  /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler
 
 # Set up an EMPTY CUTS object
 # Normally you will have imposed any cuts you want
 # when generating the event file and don't want any more
 # in particular for POWHEG and MC@NLO you must not apply cuts on the
 # the extra jet
 create ThePEG::Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 # Create a LH reader specialised for FxFx events
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 create Herwig::FxFxFileReader FxFxLHReader
 insert LesHouchesHandler:FxFxReaders[0] FxFxLHReader
 
 # Create the FxFxHandler for merging with the shower	 
 cd /Herwig/Shower
 library HwFxFxHandler.so
 create Herwig::FxFxHandler FxFxHandler
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:SplittingGenerator /Herwig/Shower/SplittingGenerator
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:KinematicsReconstructor /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:PartnerFinder /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler
 
 ###################################################################################
 # PDF settings									  #
 # You may wish to use the same PDF as the events were generated with		  #
 ###################################################################################
 create ThePEG::LHAPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF ThePEGLHAPDF.so
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:PDFName NAME_OF_PDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:AllowTop Yes
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:RemnantHandler /Herwig/Partons/HadronRemnants
 set /Herwig/Particles/p+:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Particles/pbar-:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:FirstPDF  /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:SecondPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # We would recommend the shower uses the default PDFs with which it was tuned.
 # However it can be argued that the same set as for the sample should be used for
 # matched samples, i.e. MC@NLO (and less so POWHEG)
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # You can in principle also change the PDFs for the remnant extraction and
 # multiple scattering. As the generator was tuned with the default values
 # this is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED without retuning the MPI parameters
 # create the reader and set cuts
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:FileName NAME_OF_FILE #(the file can be compressed (gziped,bziped))
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:WeightWarnings    false
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:AllowedToReOpen No
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:InitPDFs 0
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 # option to ensure momentum conservation is O.K. due rounding errors (recommended)
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:MomentumTreatment RescaleEnergy
 # set the pdfs
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # if using BSM models with QNUMBER info
 #set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:QNumbers Yes
 #set /Herwig/EventHandlers/FxFxLHReader:Decayer /Herwig/Decays/Mambo
 
 
 ##################################################
 #  Shower parameters				 #
 ##################################################
 # normally, especially for POWHEG, you want
 # the scale supplied in the event files (SCALUP)
 # to be used as a pT veto scale in the parton shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:MaxPtIsMuF Yes
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:RestrictPhasespace Yes
 # Shower parameters
 # treatment of wide angle radiation
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:PartnerMethod Random
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:ScaleChoice Partner
 # with MC@NLO these parameters are required for consistency of the subtraction terms
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialInitialBoostOption LongTransBoost
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:ReconstructionOption General
 set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialStateReconOption Rapidity
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:SpinCorrelations No
 
 #############################################################
 # Set up the FxFxHandler			            #
 #############################################################
 cd /Herwig/Shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:MPIHandler  /Herwig/UnderlyingEvent/MPIHandler
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:RemDecayer  /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer
 set /Herwig/Shower/FxFxHandler:ShowerAlpha  AlphaQCD
 # set the heavy quark decay product vetoing process on/off
 set FxFxHandler:HeavyQVeto Yes
 # Automatic detection of the hard process (experimental)
 set FxFxHandler:HardProcessDetection Automatic
 # Choose the hard process manually according to AlpGen codes (see hep-ph/0206293)
 # and set HardProcessDetection to Manual
 # set FxFxHandler:ihrd        3 # 3 corresponds to W+jets or Z+jets
 # No. of light jets in maximum-multiplicity process
 set FxFxHandler:njetsmax      MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PARTONS_IN_LHE_FILE # Make sure this is set correctly!
 # Mimimum parton-parton R-sep used for generation.
 set FxFxHandler:drjmin      0
 # Recommended key merging parameters below             
 cd /Herwig/Shower
 # turn the Vetoing On or Off completely
 set FxFxHandler:VetoIsTurnedOff VetoingIsOn
 # merging mode: in this case Tree level with MG5 information:
 set FxFxHandler:MergeMode TreeMG5
 # merging scale
 set FxFxHandler:ETClus 25*GeV
 # jet radius used in clustering in merging.
 set FxFxHandler:RClus 1.0
 # Max |eta| for jets in clustering in merging.
 set FxFxHandler:EtaClusMax 10
 # Default 1.5 factor used to decide if a jet matches a parton
 # in merging: if DR(parton,jet)<rclusfactor*rclus the parton 
 # and jet are said to have been matched.
 set FxFxHandler:RClusFactor 1.5
 
 ##################################################
 # LHC physics parameters (override defaults here) 
 ##################################################
 # e.g if different top mass used
 #set /Herwig/Particles/t:NominalMass 173.0
 
 ##################################################
 # Save run for later usage with 'Herwig run'
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 saverun LHE-MGMerging EventGenerator
diff --git a/src/LHE-POWHEG.in b/src/LHE-POWHEG.in
--- a/src/LHE-POWHEG.in
+++ b/src/LHE-POWHEG.in
@@ -1,105 +1,106 @@
 ##################################################
 # Example generator based on LHC parameters
 # For use with POWHEG events
 # usage: Herwig read LHE.in
 ##################################################
-read snippets/PPCollider.in
+#read snippets/PPCollider.in
 ##################################################
 # Technical parameters for this run
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 set EventGenerator:NumberOfEvents 10000000
 set EventGenerator:RandomNumberGenerator:Seed 31122001
 set EventGenerator:DebugLevel 0
 set EventGenerator:PrintEvent 10
 set EventGenerator:MaxErrors 10000
 ##################################################
 #   Create the Les Houches file handler and reader
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 library LesHouches.so
 # create the event handler
 create ThePEG::LesHouchesEventHandler LesHouchesHandler
 
 # set the various step handlers
 set LesHouchesHandler:PartonExtractor /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor
 set LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:DecayHandler /Herwig/Decays/DecayHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:HadronizationHandler /Herwig/Hadronization/ClusterHadHandler
 
 # set the weight option 
 set LesHouchesHandler:WeightOption VarNegWeight
 
 # set event hander as one to be used
 set /Herwig/Generators/EventGenerator:EventHandler /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler
 
 # Set up an EMPTY CUTS object
 # Normally you will have imposed any cuts you want
 # when generating the event file and don't want any more
 # in particular for POWHEG and MC@NLO you must not apply cuts on the
 # the extra jet
 create ThePEG::Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 ####################################################################
 # PDF settings #
 ####################################################################
 # You may wish to use the same PDF as the events were generated with
 create ThePEG::LHAPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF ThePEGLHAPDF.so
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:PDFName NAME_OF_PDF
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:AllowTop Yes
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:RemnantHandler /Herwig/Partons/HadronRemnants
 set /Herwig/Particles/p+:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Particles/pbar-:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:FirstPDF  /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:SecondPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # We would recommend the shower uses the default PDFs with which it was tuned.
 # However it can be argued that the same set as for the sample should be used for
 # matched samples, i.e. MC@NLO (and less so POWHEG)
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # You can in principle also change the PDFs for the remnant extraction and
 # multiple scattering. As the generator was tuned with the default values
 # this is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED without retuning the MPI parameters
 # create the reader and set cuts
 create ThePEG::LesHouchesFileReader LesHouchesReader
 set LesHouchesReader:FileName NAME_OF_FILE #(the file can be compressed (gziped,bziped))
 set LesHouchesReader:AllowedToReOpen No
 set LesHouchesReader:InitPDFs 0
 set LesHouchesReader:Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 # option to ensure momentum conservation is O.K. due rounding errors (recommended)
 set LesHouchesReader:MomentumTreatment RescaleEnergy
 # set the pdfs
 set LesHouchesReader:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set LesHouchesReader:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # if using BSM models with QNUMBER info
 #set LesHouchesReader:QNumbers Yes
 #set LesHouchesReader:Decayer /Herwig/Decays/Mambo
 # and add to handler
 insert LesHouchesHandler:LesHouchesReaders 0 LesHouchesReader
 
 ##################################################
 #  Shower parameters
 ##################################################
 # normally, especially for POWHEG, you want
 # the scale supplied in the event files (SCALUP)
 # to be used as a pT veto scale in the parton shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:MaxPtIsMuF Yes
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:RestrictPhasespace Yes
 # Shower parameters
 # treatment of wide angle radiation
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:PartnerMethod Random
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:ScaleChoice Partner
 
 ##################################################
 # LHC physics parameters (override defaults here) 
 ##################################################
 # e.g if different top mass used
 #set /Herwig/Particles/t:NominalMass 173.0
 
 ##################################################
 # Save run for later usage with 'Herwig run'
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 saverun LHE EventGenerator
diff --git a/src/LHE.in b/src/LHE.in
--- a/src/LHE.in
+++ b/src/LHE.in
@@ -1,116 +1,117 @@
 ##################################################
 # Example generator based on LHC parameters
 # Generic Les Houches Event file input
 # Look at customised input files for:
 # MadGraph5/aMC@NLO: LHE-MCatNLO.in
 # POWHEG:	     LHE-POWHEG.in
 # FxFx merging with MG5/aMC@NLO: LHE-FxFx.in
 # Tree-level merging with MG5/aMC@NLO: LHE-MGMerging.in
 # usage: Herwig read LHE.in
 ##################################################
-read snippets/PPCollider.in
+#read snippets/PPCollider.in
 ##################################################
 # Technical parameters for this run
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 set EventGenerator:NumberOfEvents 10000000
 set EventGenerator:RandomNumberGenerator:Seed 31122001
 set EventGenerator:DebugLevel 0
 set EventGenerator:PrintEvent 10
 set EventGenerator:MaxErrors 10000
 ##################################################
 #   Create the Les Houches file handler and reader
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/EventHandlers
 library LesHouches.so
 # create the event handler
 create ThePEG::LesHouchesEventHandler LesHouchesHandler
 
 # set the various step handlers
 set LesHouchesHandler:PartonExtractor /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor
 set LesHouchesHandler:CascadeHandler /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:DecayHandler /Herwig/Decays/DecayHandler
 set LesHouchesHandler:HadronizationHandler /Herwig/Hadronization/ClusterHadHandler
 
 # set the weight option (e.g. for MC@NLO)
 set LesHouchesHandler:WeightOption VarNegWeight
 
 # set event hander as one to be used
 set /Herwig/Generators/EventGenerator:EventHandler /Herwig/EventHandlers/LesHouchesHandler
 
 # Set up an EMPTY CUTS object
 # Normally you will have imposed any cuts you want
 # when generating the event file and don't want any more
 # in particular for POWHEG and MC@NLO you must not apply cuts on the
 # the extra jet
 create ThePEG::Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 ####################################################################
 # PDF settings #
 ####################################################################
 # You may wish to use the same PDF as the events were generated with
 create ThePEG::LHAPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF ThePEGLHAPDF.so
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:PDFName NAME_OF_PDF
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:AllowTop Yes
 set /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF:RemnantHandler /Herwig/Partons/HadronRemnants
 set /Herwig/Particles/p+:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Particles/pbar-:PDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:FirstPDF  /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set /Herwig/Partons/PPExtractor:SecondPDF /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # We would recommend the shower uses the default PDFs with which it was tuned.
 # However it can be argued that the same set as for the sample should be used for
 # matched samples, i.e. MC@NLO (and less so POWHEG)
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 
 # You can in principle also change the PDFs for the remnant extraction and
 # multiple scattering. As the generator was tuned with the default values
 # this is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED without retuning the MPI parameters
 # create the reader and set cuts
 create ThePEG::LesHouchesFileReader LesHouchesReader
 set LesHouchesReader:FileName NAME_OF_FILE #(the file can be compressed (gziped,bziped))
 set LesHouchesReader:AllowedToReOpen No
 set LesHouchesReader:InitPDFs 0
 set LesHouchesReader:Cuts /Herwig/Cuts/NoCuts
 
 # option to ensure momentum conservation is O.K. due rounding errors (recommended)
 set LesHouchesReader:MomentumTreatment RescaleEnergy
 # set the pdfs
 set LesHouchesReader:PDFA /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 set LesHouchesReader:PDFB /Herwig/Partons/LHAPDF
 # if using BSM models with QNUMBER info
 #set LesHouchesReader:QNumbers Yes
 #set LesHouchesReader:Decayer /Herwig/Decays/Mambo
 # and add to handler
 insert LesHouchesHandler:LesHouchesReaders 0 LesHouchesReader
 
 ##################################################
 #  Shower parameters
 ##################################################
 # normally, especially for POWHEG, you want
 # the scale supplied in the event files (SCALUP)
 # to be used as a pT veto scale in the parton shower
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:MaxPtIsMuF Yes
 set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:RestrictPhasespace Yes
 # Shower parameters
 # treatment of wide angle radiation
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:PartnerMethod Random
 set /Herwig/Shower/PartnerFinder:ScaleChoice Partner
 # with MC@NLO these parameters are required for consistency of the subtraction terms
 # suggested parameters (give worse physics results with POWHEG)
 #set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialInitialBoostOption LongTransBoost
 #set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:ReconstructionOption General
 #set /Herwig/Shower/KinematicsReconstructor:InitialStateReconOption Rapidity
 #set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:SpinCorrelations No
 
 ##################################################
 # LHC physics parameters (override defaults here) 
 ##################################################
 # e.g if different top mass used
 #set /Herwig/Particles/t:NominalMass 173.0
 
 ##################################################
 # Save run for later usage with 'Herwig run'
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 saverun LHE EventGenerator