diff --git a/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExCommon/share/RecExCommon_topOptions.py b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExCommon/share/RecExCommon_topOptions.py
index fb953b93aecd9944913a2f68433ddf62b4d7202f..d9be5e48cc78678a72320ee19bac1ee82384ae8e 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExCommon/share/RecExCommon_topOptions.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExCommon/share/RecExCommon_topOptions.py
@@ -568,6 +568,23 @@ if rec.doTrigger:
             treatException("Could not import TriggerJobOpts.TriggerGetter . Switched off !" )
             recAlgs.doTrigger=False
 
+#MT part
+## Outputs
+if rec.readESD() and rec.doAOD():
+    # Don't run any trigger - only pass the HLT contents from ESD to AOD
+    if TriggerFlags.doMT():
+        # Add HLT output
+        from TriggerJobOpts.HLTTriggerResultGetter import HLTTriggerResultGetter
+        hltOutput = HLTTriggerResultGetter()
+        # Add Trigger menu metadata
+        if rec.doFileMetaData():
+            from RecExConfig.ObjKeyStore import objKeyStore
+            metadataItems = [ "xAOD::TriggerMenuContainer#TriggerMenu",
+                              "xAOD::TriggerMenuAuxContainer#TriggerMenuAux." ]
+            objKeyStore.addManyTypesMetaData( metadataItems )
+    else: # not TriggerFlags.doMT()
+        pass # See TriggerJobOpts/python/TriggerGetter.py for Run 2. Called by RecExCommon
+
 AODFix_postTrigger()
 
 if globalflags.DataSource()=='geant4':
diff --git a/Reconstruction/RecJobTransforms/share/skeleton.ESDtoAOD_tf.py b/Reconstruction/RecJobTransforms/share/skeleton.ESDtoAOD_tf.py
index 9603a7832b76ae046b34ede7d043f06305e61100..0fe8679097ed8c287db052bf3293db7d688128d8 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/RecJobTransforms/share/skeleton.ESDtoAOD_tf.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/RecJobTransforms/share/skeleton.ESDtoAOD_tf.py
@@ -58,20 +58,14 @@ if hasattr(runArgs,"outputAODFile"):
         if DQMonFlags.useTrigger() and rec.doTrigger():
             DQMonFlags.useTrigger.set_Value_and_Lock(True)
         # Don't run any trigger - only pass the HLT contents from ESD to AOD
+        # Configure here, and extract HLT content in RecExCommon_topOptions
+        # after the rest of the job is configured
         from RecExConfig.RecAlgsFlags import recAlgs
         recAlgs.doTrigger.set_Value_and_Lock( False )
         rec.doTrigger.set_Value_and_Lock( False )
-        # Add HLT output
-        from TriggerJobOpts.HLTTriggerResultGetter import HLTTriggerResultGetter
-        hltOutput = HLTTriggerResultGetter()
-        # Add Trigger menu metadata
-        if rec.doFileMetaData():
-            from RecExConfig.ObjKeyStore import objKeyStore
-            metadataItems = [ "xAOD::TriggerMenuContainer#TriggerMenu",
-                              "xAOD::TriggerMenuAuxContainer#TriggerMenuAux." ]
-            objKeyStore.addManyTypesMetaData( metadataItems )
     else: # not TriggerFlags.doMT()
-        pass # See TriggerJobOpts/python/TriggerGetter.py for Run 2. Called by RecExCommon
+        pass
+
 
 if hasattr(runArgs,"outputTAGFile"):
     # should be used as outputTAGFile_e2a=myTAG.root so that it does not trigger AODtoTAG