diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/HVJetMETFilterTool.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/HVJetMETFilterTool.h
index 522ae0addeeb482f5e04e1ff3579d7237fe1278f..20b66ddceeb0dace4a0704260fdfe93aa4a906dc 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/HVJetMETFilterTool.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/HVJetMETFilterTool.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 // DerivationFramework includes
 #include "DerivationFrameworkInterfaces/ISkimmingTool.h"
+#include "xAODMissingET/MissingETContainer.h"
+#include "StoreGate/ReadHandleKey.h"
 
 namespace DerivationFramework {
 
@@ -43,12 +45,12 @@ namespace DerivationFramework {
     virtual bool eventPassesFilter() const;
     
   private:
-    mutable unsigned int m_ntot;
-    mutable unsigned int m_npass;
-    std::string m_metSGKey;
+    mutable std::atomic<unsigned int> m_ntot;
+    mutable std::atomic<unsigned int> m_npass;
+    SG::ReadHandleKey<xAOD::MissingETContainer> m_metSGKey
+      { this, "METContainerKey", "MET_RefFinal", ""};
     std::string m_metTerm;
     double m_metCut;
-    std::string m_jetSGKey; // only needed if we want to cut on dphi(jet,MET)
 
   }; 
   
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/src/HVJetMETFilterTool.cxx b/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/src/HVJetMETFilterTool.cxx
index 16dd62db8b22c8b5313cea3cc6d7c9c3a5e6e4b4..177a75b52e9d116d21cffe83745ed6e25c7fb8b4 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/src/HVJetMETFilterTool.cxx
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/SUSYPhys/LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/src/HVJetMETFilterTool.cxx
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #include "LongLivedParticleDPDMaker/HVJetMETFilterTool.h"
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
-#include "xAODMissingET/MissingETContainer.h"
-#include "xAODJet/JetContainer.h"
 
 // Constructor
 DerivationFramework::HVJetMETFilterTool::HVJetMETFilterTool( const std::string& t,
@@ -19,16 +17,12 @@ DerivationFramework::HVJetMETFilterTool::HVJetMETFilterTool( const std::string&
   AthAlgTool(t,n,p),
   m_ntot(0),
   m_npass(0),
-  m_metSGKey("MET_RefFinal"),
   m_metTerm("Final"),
-  m_metCut(50000.0),
-  m_jetSGKey("AntiKt4LCTopoJets")
+  m_metCut(50000.0)
   {
     declareInterface<DerivationFramework::ISkimmingTool>(this);
-    declareProperty("METContainerKey", m_metSGKey);
     declareProperty("METTerm", m_metTerm);
     declareProperty("METCut", m_metCut);
-    declareProperty("JetContainerKey", m_jetSGKey);
   }
   
 // Destructor
@@ -39,6 +33,7 @@ DerivationFramework::HVJetMETFilterTool::~HVJetMETFilterTool() {
 StatusCode DerivationFramework::HVJetMETFilterTool::initialize()
 {
      ATH_MSG_VERBOSE("initialize() ...");
+     ATH_CHECK(m_metSGKey.initialize());
      return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }
 StatusCode DerivationFramework::HVJetMETFilterTool::finalize()
@@ -53,11 +48,9 @@ bool DerivationFramework::HVJetMETFilterTool::eventPassesFilter() const
 {
      ++m_ntot;
 
-     const xAOD::MissingETContainer* metContainer(0);
      const xAOD::MissingET* met(0);
-     StatusCode sc=evtStore()->retrieve(metContainer,m_metSGKey);
-     //     met = (*metContainer)[m_metTerm];
-     if( sc.isFailure()  ||  !metContainer ) {
+     SG::ReadHandle<xAOD::MissingETContainer> metContainer(m_metSGKey);
+     if( !metContainer.isValid() ) {
        msg(MSG::WARNING) << "No MET container found, will skip this event" << endmsg;
        return false;
      }