diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_EMPFlow_ESDtoAOD.py b/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_EMPFlow_ESDtoAOD.py
index 6db4f8ab4bcd399c9ef4983d0bbd4ec51b2dfd25..28e43e49d3a45451b0987c1580ead7cc4ce2e613 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_EMPFlow_ESDtoAOD.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_EMPFlow_ESDtoAOD.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from AthenaCommon.AthenaCommonFlags import athenaCommonFlags
-athenaCommonFlags.FilesInput=["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input/standalone.ESD.pool.root"]
+athenaCommonFlags.FilesInput = ["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input/standalone.ESD.pool.root"]
+athenaCommonFlags.PoolAODOutput = "EMPFlow_AOD.pool.root"
 
 from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec
 rec.doEgamma.set_Value_and_Lock(False)
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_LCTopo_ESDtoAOD.py b/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_LCTopo_ESDtoAOD.py
index aa9aa66da1571e0c044db77b39b4afb43f986b40..cd4fe2c5999e229f9e0d4e26eafc63742d0f8436 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_LCTopo_ESDtoAOD.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/share/tau_standalone_LCTopo_ESDtoAOD.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from AthenaCommon.AthenaCommonFlags import athenaCommonFlags
-athenaCommonFlags.FilesInput=["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input/standalone.ESD.pool.root"]
+athenaCommonFlags.FilesInput = ["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input/standalone.ESD.pool.root"]
+athenaCommonFlags.PoolAODOutput = "LCTopo_AOD.pool.root"
 
 from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec
 rec.doEgamma.set_Value_and_Lock(False)
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_EMPFlow_serial.sh b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_EMPFlow_serial.sh
index 75abe15b5b8245f49e8961a619b5f405799e01ac..03eb7c3417b31b8c7fdb90ad55bae50907d64538 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_EMPFlow_serial.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_EMPFlow_serial.sh
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ athena.py --evtMax ${NEVENTS}  tauRec/tau_standalone_EMPFlow_ESDtoAOD.py >> tau_
 echo "art-result: $? Reconstrution"
 
 # compare the AOD file
-art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/EMPFlow_AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
+art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --order-trees --diff-root EMPFlow_AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/EMPFlow_AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? diff-root"
 
 # run the physics validation
-Reco_tf.py --maxEvents ${NEVENTS} --validationFlags 'noExample,doTau' --inputAODFile AOD.pool.root  --outputNTUP_PHYSVALFile NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
+Reco_tf.py --maxEvents ${NEVENTS} --validationFlags 'noExample,doTau' --inputAODFile EMPFlow_AOD.pool.root  --outputNTUP_PHYSVALFile EMPFlow_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
 echo "art-result: $? PhysVal"
 
 # compare the histograms
-rootcomp.py NTUP_PHYSVAL.root ${REF_DIR}/NTUP_PHYSVAL.root >> rootcomp.log 2>&1
+rootcomp.py EMPFlow_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root ${REF_DIR}/EMPFlow_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root >> rootcomp.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? rootcomp"
 
 # run dcube
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ INPUT_DIR="/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input"
 $ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT/dcube/current/DCubeClient/python/dcube.py \
     --plot --output dcube \
     --config ${INPUT_DIR}/config_mc.xml \
-    --reference ${REF_DIR}/NTUP_PHYSVAL.root \
-    NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
+    --reference ${REF_DIR}/EMPFlow_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root \
+    EMPFlow_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
 echo "art-result: $? dcube"
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_multithread.sh b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_multithread.sh
index 0d4cd79d42e761f0ce7ce209a2dc5bcd66173df3..2cae1a2a38c6325000218b3a599ec9dc2c8fc922 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_multithread.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_multithread.sh
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ athena.py --threads 4 --evtMax ${NEVENTS}  tauRec/tau_standalone_LCTopo_ESDtoAOD
 echo "art-result: $? Reconstrution"
 
 # compare the AOD file
-art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --excluded-vars=mc_event_number --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_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 LCTopo_AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? diff-root"
 
 # run the physics validation
-Reco_tf.py --maxEvents ${NEVENTS} --validationFlags 'noExample,doTau' --inputAODFile AOD.pool.root  --outputNTUP_PHYSVALFile NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
+Reco_tf.py --maxEvents ${NEVENTS} --validationFlags 'noExample,doTau' --inputAODFile LCTopo_AOD.pool.root  --outputNTUP_PHYSVALFile LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
 echo "art-result: $? PhysVal"
 
 # compare the histograms
-rootcomp.py NTUP_PHYSVAL.root ${REF_DIR}/NTUP_PHYSVAL.root >> rootcomp.log 2>&1
+rootcomp.py LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root >> rootcomp.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? rootcomp"
 
 # run dcube
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ INPUT_DIR="/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input"
 $ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT/dcube/current/DCubeClient/python/dcube.py \
     --plot --output dcube \
     --config ${INPUT_DIR}/config_mc.xml \
-    --reference ${REF_DIR}/NTUP_PHYSVAL.root \
-    NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
+    --reference ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root \
+    LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
 echo "art-result: $? dcube"
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_serial.sh b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_serial.sh
index bd8d31d55a5560229f12b82bb1444f0bc4ee4fd1..cc4c9338eb8fffd3190e2bbed917539df27c12d6 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_serial.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRec/test/test_tau_standalone_LCTopo_serial.sh
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ athena.py --evtMax ${NEVENTS}  tauRec/tau_standalone_LCTopo_ESDtoAOD.py >> tau_s
 echo "art-result: $? Reconstrution"
 
 # compare the AOD file
-art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --order-trees --diff-root AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
+art.py compare ref --entries ${NEVENTS} --mode detailed --order-trees --diff-root LCTopo_AOD.pool.root ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_AOD.pool.root >> AOD_diff_root.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? diff-root"
 
 # run the physics validation
-Reco_tf.py --maxEvents ${NEVENTS} --validationFlags 'noExample,doTau' --inputAODFile AOD.pool.root  --outputNTUP_PHYSVALFile NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
+Reco_tf.py --maxEvents ${NEVENTS} --validationFlags 'noExample,doTau' --inputAODFile LCTopo_AOD.pool.root  --outputNTUP_PHYSVALFile LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
 echo "art-result: $? PhysVal"
 
 # compare the histograms
-rootcomp.py NTUP_PHYSVAL.root ${REF_DIR}/NTUP_PHYSVAL.root >> rootcomp.log 2>&1
+rootcomp.py LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root >> rootcomp.log 2>&1
 echo "art-result: $? rootcomp"
 
 # run dcube
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ INPUT_DIR="/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/tauRec/input"
 $ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT/dcube/current/DCubeClient/python/dcube.py \
     --plot --output dcube \
     --config ${INPUT_DIR}/config_mc.xml \
-    --reference ${REF_DIR}/NTUP_PHYSVAL.root \
-    NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
+    --reference ${REF_DIR}/LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root \
+    LCTopo_NTUP_PHYSVAL.root
 echo "art-result: $? dcube"