diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/scripts/faser_ntuple_maker.py b/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/scripts/faser_ntuple_maker.py
index 8e09fb58a2117d7c5654a636e4cb748d6bc02ad3..8ea26ebb33fef5490110206cab8c940eecfa716b 100755
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/scripts/faser_ntuple_maker.py
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/scripts/faser_ntuple_maker.py
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ parser.add_argument("--partial", action='store_true',
                     help="Allow partial input files")
 
 parser.add_argument("--trigFilt", action='store_true',
-                    help="apply trigger event filter ")
+                    help="apply trigger event filter")
 parser.add_argument("--scintFilt", action='store_true',
-                    help="apply scintillator event filter ")
-parser.add_argument("--trackFilt", action='store_true',
-                    help="apply track event filter ")
+                    help="apply scintillator event filter")
+parser.add_argument("--NoTrackFilt", action='store_true',
+                    help="Don't apply track event filter (default: do)")
 
 parser.add_argument("--unblind", action='store_true',
                     help="Don't apply signal blinding (default: do)")
 parser.add_argument("--onlyblind", action='store_true',
-                    help="Only store events that were blinded (default: don't)")
+                    help="Only store events that were blinded (will override unblind arg)")
  
 parser.add_argument("--fluka", action='store_true',
                     help="Add FLUKA weights to ntuple")
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ if filepath.is_dir():
 
         filestr = str(flist[0].resolve())
         # Use proper EOS file path here?
-#        if filestr[:4] == '/eos':
-#            filestr = f"root://eospublic.cern.ch/{filestr}"
+        if filestr[:4] == '/eos':
+            filestr = f"root://eospublic.cern.ch/{filestr}"
         filelist.append(filestr)
     # End of loop over segments
 
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ if filepath.is_dir():
     print(f"Run   = {runstr}")
     print(f"First = {firstseg}")
     print(f"Last  = {lastseg}")
-    print(f"Args  = {args.tag}")
+    print(f"Tag  = {args.tag}")
+    print(f"Trigger Filter  = {args.trigFilt}")
+    print(f"Scintillator Filter  = {args.scintFilt}")
+    print(f"Track Filter = {not args.NoTrackFilt}")
     print(f"Blind = {not args.unblind}")
     print(f"OnlyBlinded = {args.onlyblind}")
 
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ if args.isMC:
         acc.merge(NtupleDumperAlgCfg(ConfigFlags, outfile))
 
 else:
-    acc.merge(NtupleDumperAlgCfg(ConfigFlags, outfile, DoBlinding=(not args.unblind), OnlyBlinded=args.onlyblind, DoScintFilter = args.scintFilt, DoTrackFilter = args.trackFilt, DoTrigFilter = args.trigFilt))
+    acc.merge(NtupleDumperAlgCfg(ConfigFlags, outfile, DoBlinding=(not args.unblind), OnlyBlinded=args.onlyblind, DoScintFilter = args.scintFilt, DoTrackFilter = (not args.NoTrackFilt), DoTrigFilter = args.trigFilt))
 
 if not args.verbose:
     from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.cxx b/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.cxx
index 30d1ca6eb93762daca4735e97173fe631879d5dc..8a7fabc48085845f921966229c85504e50e70ffa 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.cxx
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.cxx
@@ -409,11 +409,6 @@ StatusCode NtupleDumperAlg::initialize()
     ATH_MSG_INFO("Blinding will NOT be enforced for real data.");
   }
 
-  if (m_doScintOrTrackFilter){
-    m_doScintFilter = true;
-    m_doTrackFilter = true;
-  }
-
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -466,7 +461,6 @@ StatusCode NtupleDumperAlg::execute(const EventContext &ctx) const
   FillWaveBranches(*preshowerContainer);
   FillWaveBranches(*ecalContainer);
 
-  bool passes_ScintFilter = false;
   // if real data, store charge in histograms from random events
   if (!isMC) {
     SG::ReadHandle<xAOD::FaserTriggerData> triggerData(m_FaserTriggerData, ctx);
@@ -505,6 +499,7 @@ StatusCode NtupleDumperAlg::execute(const EventContext &ctx) const
 
       bool veto_OR_trig = (vetoNu_trig || vetoSt1_trig || vetoSt2_trig);
 
+      bool passes_ScintFilter = false;
       if (calo_trig) {
         passes_ScintFilter = true;
       } else if (veto_OR_trig && timingScint_trig) {
@@ -515,7 +510,7 @@ StatusCode NtupleDumperAlg::execute(const EventContext &ctx) const
         passes_ScintFilter = true;
       } 
 
-      if ((!passes_ScintFilter) && (!m_doScintOrTrackFilter)) {
+      if (!passes_ScintFilter) {
         ATH_MSG_DEBUG("event did not pass scint filter");
         return StatusCode::SUCCESS; // only store events that pass filter
       }
@@ -1088,15 +1083,13 @@ StatusCode NtupleDumperAlg::execute(const EventContext &ctx) const
   }
 
   if (!isMC) {
-    if (m_doTrackFilter && (!m_doScintOrTrackFilter)) { // filter events: only save events that have at least one long track
+    if (m_doTrackFilter) { // filter events: colliding bunches have at least one long track, non-colliding bunches have at least one long track or one calo module with raw_peak > 3 mV
       if (m_longTracks == 0 && abs(m_distanceToCollidingBCID) <= 1) {
         return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
-      } else if (abs(m_distanceToCollidingBCID) > 1 && m_wave_raw_peak[0] < 3.0 && m_wave_raw_peak[1] < 3.0 && m_wave_raw_peak[2] < 3.0 && m_wave_raw_peak[3] < 3.0 ) {
-        return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
-      }
-    } else if (m_doScintOrTrackFilter) { // filter events: only save events that pass scint cooincidence or have a long track
-      if (!((m_longTracks > 0) || passes_ScintFilter)) {
-        return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
+      } else if (abs(m_distanceToCollidingBCID) > 1) {
+        if (!(m_longTracks > 0 || m_wave_raw_peak[0] > 3.0 || m_wave_raw_peak[1] > 3.0 || m_wave_raw_peak[2] > 3.0 || m_wave_raw_peak[3] > 3.0 )) {
+          return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.h
index 8248b93682037d171b64226f8251536a8c76fc9e..178fd07faa93162f977bbc4565466004730f14f4 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/NtupleDumper/src/NtupleDumperAlg.h
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ private:
   BooleanProperty m_onlyBlinded          { this, "OnlyBlinded", false, "Only events that would be blinded are saved" };
   BooleanProperty m_doTrigFilter         { this, "DoTrigFilter", false, "Only events that pass trigger cuts are passed" };
   BooleanProperty m_doScintFilter        { this, "DoScintFilter", false, "Only events that pass scintillator coincidence cuts are passed" };
-  BooleanProperty m_doTrackFilter        { this, "DoTrackFilter", false, "Only events that have >= 1 long track are passed" };
-  BooleanProperty m_doScintOrTrackFilter { this, "DoScintOrTrackFilter", false, "Only events that pass scintillator coincidence cuts or have >= 1 long track are passed" };
+  BooleanProperty m_doTrackFilter        { this, "DoTrackFilter", true, "Only events that have >= 1 long track are passed, also non-colliding events with a track or calo signal are passed" };
 
   BooleanProperty m_useFlukaWeights      { this, "UseFlukaWeights", false, "Flag to weight events according to value stored in HepMC::GenEvent" };
   BooleanProperty m_useGenieWeights      { this, "UseGenieWeights", false, "Flag to weight events according to Genie luminosity" };