diff --git a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref
index ae1092111a0e104e2bf0dafaa25e161a4cf029de..a07eccacb2e4df93c8e5d1b20aff6c385f2432c3 100644
--- a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref
+++ b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO Concurrency level information:
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o Number of events slots: 1
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o TBB thread pool size:  'ThreadPoolSize':1
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Initialized successfully
+  rate_validator
   global_decision
-  host_routingbits_writer
   make_selected_object_lists
   make_subbanks
   make_selreps
-  rate_validator
+  host_routingbits_writer
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Started successfully
 DeviceFTGeometry                       INFO Conditions DB is compatible with FT bank version 7 and 8.
 Starting timer for throughput measurement
diff --git a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.detdesc b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.detdesc
index 1da7b226361cba1d37fe231201afd73f4b0021d3..c95a06680488de19f288e643cf3c5f365a6dd68e 100644
--- a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.detdesc
+++ b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.detdesc
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO Concurrency level information:
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o Number of events slots: 1
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o TBB thread pool size:  'ThreadPoolSize':1
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Initialized successfully
+  rate_validator
   global_decision
-  host_routingbits_writer
   make_selected_object_lists
   make_subbanks
   make_selreps
-  rate_validator
+  host_routingbits_writer
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Started successfully
 DeviceFTGeometry                       INFO Conditions DB is compatible with FT bank version 7 and 8.
 Starting timer for throughput measurement
diff --git a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-detdesc-opt b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-detdesc-opt
index 5c76da53347cb6b03b5cd37663e4c20223a22c3d..a2b55b5d0983eb807e9e8e21f5c6223b80eaf4b3 100644
--- a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-detdesc-opt
+++ b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-detdesc-opt
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO Concurrency level information:
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o Number of events slots: 1
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o TBB thread pool size:  'ThreadPoolSize':1
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Initialized successfully
+  rate_validator
   global_decision
-  host_routingbits_writer
   make_selected_object_lists
   make_subbanks
   make_selreps
-  rate_validator
+  host_routingbits_writer
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Started successfully
 DeviceFTGeometry                       INFO Conditions DB is compatible with FT bank version 7 and 8.
 Starting timer for throughput measurement
diff --git a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-opt b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-opt
index 5212629cd51699010479b079325ddd37f72e3f1f..5804ea567351789aba10b587d885bd53ffd3bc5b 100644
--- a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-opt
+++ b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_no_ut.ref.x86_64_v3-opt
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO Concurrency level information:
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o Number of events slots: 1
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o TBB thread pool size:  'ThreadPoolSize':1
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Initialized successfully
+  rate_validator
   global_decision
-  host_routingbits_writer
   make_selected_object_lists
   make_subbanks
   make_selreps
-  rate_validator
+  host_routingbits_writer
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Started successfully
 DeviceFTGeometry                       INFO Conditions DB is compatible with FT bank version 7 and 8.
 Starting timer for throughput measurement
diff --git a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref
index ca070399d6f34d61c818ea867434e24ceca91c24..665c9fe63aef3a29039d7d6b8c1661b83df11d9d 100644
--- a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref
+++ b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO Concurrency level information:
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o Number of events slots: 1
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o TBB thread pool size:  'ThreadPoolSize':1
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Initialized successfully
+  rate_validator
   global_decision
-  host_routingbits_writer
   make_selected_object_lists
   make_subbanks
   make_selreps
-  rate_validator
+  host_routingbits_writer
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Started successfully
 DeviceFTGeometry                       INFO Conditions DB is compatible with FT bank version 7 and 8.
 Starting timer for throughput measurement
diff --git a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref.x86_64_v3-opt b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref.x86_64_v3-opt
index e8cad02de75be5cf400aa1adbfe21146ef899754..5fd56e0bbdf2b03cedc2e6e1ab26e68ab9a81dc0 100644
--- a/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref.x86_64_v3-opt
+++ b/AllenOnline/tests/refs/mep_real_data.ref.x86_64_v3-opt
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO Concurrency level information:
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o Number of events slots: 1
 HLTControlFlowMgr                      INFO  o TBB thread pool size:  'ThreadPoolSize':1
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Initialized successfully
+  rate_validator
   global_decision
-  host_routingbits_writer
   make_selected_object_lists
   make_subbanks
   make_selreps
-  rate_validator
+  host_routingbits_writer
 ApplicationMgr                         INFO Application Manager Started successfully
 DeviceFTGeometry                       INFO Conditions DB is compatible with FT bank version 7 and 8.
 Starting timer for throughput measurement