diff --git a/common-tools/clas-analysis/src/main/java/org/jlab/analysis/physics/TestEvent.java b/common-tools/clas-analysis/src/main/java/org/jlab/analysis/physics/TestEvent.java
index de2a465184..88551876b5 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-analysis/src/main/java/org/jlab/analysis/physics/TestEvent.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-analysis/src/main/java/org/jlab/analysis/physics/TestEvent.java
@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ public static void main(String args[]) {
     }
 
     public static HipoDataEvent get(DetectorType t) {
+        SchemaFactory sf = new SchemaFactory();
+        sf.initFromDirectory(CLASResources.getResourcePath("etc/bankdefs/hipo4"));
+
         HipoReader reader = new HipoReader();
         String dir = CLASResources.getResourcePath("etc/data/test");
         String stub = t.getName().toLowerCase();
         reader.open(String.format("%s/%s.hipo",dir,stub));
+
         Event e = new Event();
         reader.getEvent(e, 0);
-        return new HipoDataEvent(e,reader.getSchemaFactory());
+        if(t==DetectorType.DC)
+            return getDCSector1ElectronEvent(e);
+        else 
+            return new HipoDataEvent(e,sf);
     }
 
     private static void write() {
@@ -47,15 +54,21 @@ private static void write(String path, Event e) {
         }
     } 
 
-    public static HipoDataEvent getDCSector1ElectronEvent(int event) {
-        HipoReader reader = new HipoReader();
-        reader.open(CLASResources.getResourcePath("etc/data/test/dc.hipo"));
-        Event e = new Event();
-        reader.getEvent(e, event);
-        return new HipoDataEvent(e,reader.getSchemaFactory());
+    public static HipoDataEvent getDCSector1ElectronEvent(Event e) {
+        SchemaFactory sf = new SchemaFactory();
+        sf.initFromDirectory(CLASResources.getResourcePath("etc/bankdefs/hipo4"));
+        
+        Bank mcPart = new Bank(sf.getSchema("MC::Particle"));
+        e.read(mcPart);
+        Bank recEvent = new Bank(sf.getSchema("RECHB::Event"), 1);
+        recEvent.putFloat("startTime", 0, mcPart.getByte("vt", 0));
+        e.write(recEvent);
+        
+        return new HipoDataEvent(e,sf);
     }
-
-	public static HipoDataEvent getDCSector1ElectronEvent(SchemaFactory schemaFactory) {
+    
+    @Deprecated
+    public static HipoDataEvent getDCSector1ElectronEvent(SchemaFactory schemaFactory) {
         Event testEvent = new Event();
 
 		// this event is based on a gemc event with
diff --git a/etc/data/test/dc.hipo b/etc/data/test/dc.hipo
index 97de698439..0f15629fa1 100644
Binary files a/etc/data/test/dc.hipo and b/etc/data/test/dc.hipo differ
diff --git a/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh b/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh
index bbd5f7b921..748d7a5b97 100755
--- a/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh
+++ b/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 webDir=http://clasweb.jlab.org/clas12offline/distribution/coatjava/validation_files/eb
-webVersion=5.11-fid-tm-r11
+webVersion=5.11-fid-tm-dc2-r11
 webDir=$webDir/$webVersion
 
 # coatjava must already be built at ../../coatjava/
diff --git a/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/EBTwoTrackTest.java b/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/EBTwoTrackTest.java
index 41061a2568..a0e4b26f40 100644
--- a/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/EBTwoTrackTest.java
+++ b/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/EBTwoTrackTest.java
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ else if (ss.equals("electrondeuteronC")) {
             hadronPDG=45;
         }
         else if (ss.equals("electrongammaFT")) {
-            isForwardTagger=true;
-            ftPDG=22;
-            hadronPDG=11;
+            hadronPDG=22;
         }
         else udfFileType=true;
 
diff --git a/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/scripts/gen.groovy b/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/scripts/gen.groovy
index 4bf9b846db..c5ea774d58 100644
--- a/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/scripts/gen.groovy
+++ b/validation/advanced-tests/src/eb/scripts/gen.groovy
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if (isForwardTagger) {
         pgen2.setRange(
         3.0,  8.0,
         2.5,  4.5,
-      -10.0, 10.0);   
+      110.0, 130.0);   
     }
     else if (pid==-22 || pid==-211 || pid==-2212 || pid==-321) {
         // electron in FT