diff --git a/src/LHC-MB.in b/src/LHC-MB.in
--- a/src/LHC-MB.in
+++ b/src/LHC-MB.in
@@ -1,69 +1,103 @@
 # -*- ThePEG-repository -*-
 
 ################################################################################
 # This file contains our best tune to UE data from ATLAS at 7 TeV. More recent
 # tunes and tunes for other centre-of-mass energies as well as more usage
 # instructions can be obtained from this Herwig wiki page:
 # http://projects.hepforge.org/herwig/trac/wiki/MB_UE_tunes
 # The model for soft interactions and diffractions is explained in
 # [S. Gieseke, P. Kirchgaesser, F. Loshaj, arXiv:1612.04701]
 ################################################################################
 
 read snippets/PPCollider.in
 
 ##################################################
 # Technical parameters for this run
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 ##################################################
 # LHC physics parameters (override defaults here) 
 ##################################################
 set EventGenerator:EventHandler:LuminosityFunction:Energy 7000.0
 
+# Intrinsic pT tune extrapolated to LHC energy
+set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:IntrinsicPtGaussian 2.2*GeV
 
 # Minimum Bias
 read snippets/MB.in
 
 # Read in parameters of the soft model recommended for MB/UE simulations
 read snippets/SoftTune.in
 
-# Diffraction model
+
+#Diffraction model
 read snippets/Diffraction.in
 
-# Read in snippet in order to use baryonic reconnection model with modified gluon splitting (uds)
-# For more details see [S. Gieseke, P. Kirchgaeßer, S. Plätzer. arXiv:1710.10906]]
-##############################################################################################
+#Turn on Baryonic reconnection
+read snippets/BaryonicReconnection.in
 
-# read snippets/BaryonicReconnection.in
 
+# Normalization of the Min bias cross section for correct diffractive cross section
+set /Herwig/MatrixElements/MEMinBias:csNorm 0.01
 
-##################################################
+
+# Use LHC parametrization of the cross section
+set /Herwig/UnderlyingEvent/MPIHandler:DLmode 3
+
+
+#some preliminary parameters for the MPI model which need to be tuned
+#TODO
+set /Herwig/UnderlyingEvent/MPIHandler:pTmin0 3.02
+set /Herwig/UnderlyingEvent/MPIHandler:InvRadius 0.9
+set /Herwig/UnderlyingEvent/MPIHandler:Power 0.308
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:ladderMult 0.45
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:ladderbFactor 1.0
+
+#ordered pTs
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:PtDistribution 5
+#use random remnant connections
+set /Herwig/Partons/RemnantDecayer:RandomConnection Yes
+
+# set the correct PDFs
+cd /Herwig/Partons
+set HardLOPDF:PDFName CT14lo
+set ShowerLOPDF:PDFName CT14lo
+set MPIPDF:PDFName CT14lo
+set RemnantPDF:PDFName CT14lo
+
+#set /Herwig/Shower/ShowerHandler:CascadeHandler NULL     # Switch off parton shower
+#set /Herwig/Hadronization/HadronizationHandler:HadronizationHandler  NULL
+# do Soft interactions
+
+#set /Herwig/Hadronization/ColourReconnector:ColourReconnection No
+#################################################
 # Analyses
 ##################################################
 
+#Comment these lines out in order to use rivet analyses
+#cd /Herwig/Analysis
+#create ThePEG::RivetAnalysis RivetAnalysis RivetAnalysis.so
 
-# cd /Herwig/Analysis
-# create ThePEG::RivetAnalysis RivetAnalysis RivetAnalysis.so
+#cd /Herwig/Generators
+#insert EventGenerator:AnalysisHandlers 0 /Herwig/Analysis/RivetAnalysis
 
-# cd /Herwig/Generators
-# insert EventGenerator:AnalysisHandlers 0 /Herwig/Analysis/RivetAnalysis
-
-# insert /Herwig/Analysis/RivetAnalysis:Analyses 0 ATLAS_20XX_XXXXXXX
-
+#Some example analyses
+#insert /Herwig/Analysis/RivetAnalysis:Analyses 0 ATLAS_2012_I1084540
+#insert /Herwig/Analysis/RivetAnalysis:Analyses 0 ATLAS_2010_S8918562
 
 #set /Herwig/Analysis/Plot:EventNumber 54
 #cd /Herwig/Generators
 #insert EventGenerator:AnalysisHandlers 0 /Herwig/Analysis/Plot
 
 #insert EventGenerator:AnalysisHandlers 0 /Herwig/Analysis/HepMCFile
 #set /Herwig/Analysis/HepMCFile:PrintEvent 1000000
 #set /Herwig/Analysis/HepMCFile:Format GenEvent
 #set /Herwig/Analysis/HepMCFile:Units GeV_mm
 #set /Herwig/Analysis/HepMCFile:Filename events.fifo
 
 ##################################################
 # Save run for later usage with 'Herwig run'
 ##################################################
 cd /Herwig/Generators
 saverun LHC-MB EventGenerator