diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_multithread.sh b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_multithread.sh
index 6e2de893c5172a1f1fb4a99400465a854da52e4d..01a1d13a0bbbc1a2fa88af104441ad3b62aca987 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_multithread.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_multithread.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ athena.py --threads 4 --evtMax ${NEVENTS}  tauRec/tau_standalone_ESDtoAOD.py >>
 echo "art-result: $? Reconstrution"
 
 # compare the AOD file
-art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode semi-detailed --excluded-vars=mc_event_number --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
+art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --excluded-vars=mc_event_number --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? diff-root"
 
 # run the physics validation
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_serial.sh b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_serial.sh
index 1dbaf0c82c2f3259c4c97e2bffc9419360fd9711..db14045c9fc76108732c2660701b62055ea2f27c 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_serial.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_serial.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ athena.py --evtMax ${NEVENTS}  tauRec/tau_standalone_ESDtoAOD.py >> tau_standalo
 echo "art-result: $? Reconstrution"
 
 # compare the AOD file
-art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode semi-detailed --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
+art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? diff-root"
 
 # run the physics validation