diff --git a/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/python/Hlt2Conf/lines/qee/dielectron_persist_photons.py b/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/python/Hlt2Conf/lines/qee/dielectron_persist_photons.py
index 046f8ce1e83b894e086560b36a0c0652ccfb2f8f..4a9a73435ae41845a3ca33f560073666988543d1 100644
--- a/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/python/Hlt2Conf/lines/qee/dielectron_persist_photons.py
+++ b/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/python/Hlt2Conf/lines/qee/dielectron_persist_photons.py
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ def dielectron_maker_prompt(e_minpt, isOS):
         opposite_sign=isOS,
         PIDe_min=0.0,
         pt_e=e_minpt,
-        maxipchi2=2.0,
+        maxipchi2=64.0,
         trghostprob=0.25,
         dielectron_ID="J/psi(1S)",
-        pt_diE=0 * MeV,
+        pt_diE=500 * MeV, #HLT1 cuts on the SumPT > 1000 
         m_diE_min=5 * MeV,
         m_diE_max=300 * MeV,
         adocachi2cut=30,
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ def dielectron_maker_displaced(e_minpt, isOS):
         opposite_sign=isOS,
         PIDe_min=0.0,
         pt_e=e_minpt,
-        minipchi2=2.0,
+        minipchi2=4.0,
         trghostprob=0.25,
         dielectron_ID="J/psi(1S)",
-        pt_diE=0 * MeV,
+        pt_diE=500 * MeV, #HLT1 cuts on the SumPT > 1000 
         m_diE_min=5 * MeV,
         m_diE_max=300 * MeV,
         adocachi2cut=30,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ for kind in "", "Norm":
         name=f"Hlt2QEE_DiElectronPrompt{kind}_PersistPhotons",
         prescale=1 if kind == "" else 0.1,
         persistreco=False,
-        e_minpt=0.0,
+        e_minpt=300., #HLT1 cuts on the PT
         make_pvs=make_pvs,
     ):
         """Aiming for prompt pi0/eta -> gamma e+ e- decays. Label the dielectron
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ for kind in "", "Norm":
         name=f"Hlt2QEE_DiElectronPrompt{kind}_PersistPhotons_Full",
         prescale=0.05,
         persistreco=True,
-        e_minpt=0.0,
+        e_minpt=300,
         make_pvs=make_pvs,
     ):
         """Copy of turbo line, but strongly prescaled, which allows full-event
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ for kind in "", "Norm":
         name=f"Hlt2QEE_DiElectronPrompt{kind}_PersistPhotonsSS",
         prescale=0.1,
         persistreco=False,
-        e_minpt=0.0,
+        e_minpt=300,
         make_pvs=make_pvs,
     ):
         """Aiming to normalize prompt pi0/eta -> gamma e+ e+ or gamma e- e- decays. Label