diff --git a/Control/AthenaCommon/python/AppMgr.py b/Control/AthenaCommon/python/AppMgr.py
index 33ae6d0ba62569761fc307a8cb7a8629a3498082..55bcdb2f003463618a94272a269006dcf52b4d14 100755
--- a/Control/AthenaCommon/python/AppMgr.py
+++ b/Control/AthenaCommon/python/AppMgr.py
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ class AthAppMgr( AppMgr ):
 
    def reinitialize( self ):
     # since we're going to run python again, may have to re-enable to profiler
-      if self._opts.profile_python:
+      if self._opts and self._opts.profile_python:
          import cProfile
          cProfile._athena_python_profiler.enable()
 
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ class AthAppMgr( AppMgr ):
              shutil.copy2("MP_PoolFileCatalog.xml", "PoolFileCatalog.xml")
 
    def __report_python_profile( self ):
-      if self._opts.profile_python:
+      if self._opts and self._opts.profile_python:
          import cProfile, pstats
          cProfile._athena_python_profiler.disable()
          stats = pstats.Stats(cProfile._athena_python_profiler,
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/python/LArCellConditionsAlg.py b/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/python/LArCellConditionsAlg.py
index 221b3aa7e7228e6c614bcbb1249137bd85345a5f..7e8959269a66d281ce57746d9d32dfd8e291b11f 100644
--- a/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/python/LArCellConditionsAlg.py
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/python/LArCellConditionsAlg.py
@@ -55,38 +55,6 @@ class LArCellConditionsAlg(PyAthena.Alg):
         ## and that the PyAthena.Alg base class has already initialized
         ## it for us
 
-        # -----------------------------------------------------------
-        # Store gate  service
-        self.msg.info('initializing [%s]...',self.name())
-        self.msg.debug('retrieve StoreGateSvc pointer...')
-        self.sg = PyAthena.py_svc('StoreGateSvc')
-        if self.sg is None:
-            self.msg.error('Problem retrieving StoreGateSvc pointer !')
-            return StatusCode.Failure
-        else:
-            self.msg.info('retrieved [%s]', self.sg.name())
-
-        # -----------------------------------------------------------
-        # Detector store service
-        self.msg.debug('retrieve DetectorStoreSvc pointer...')
-        self.det = PyAthena.py_svc('DetDescrCnvSvc')
-        if self.det is None:
-            self.msg.error('Problem retrieving DetectorStoreSvc pointer !')
-            return StatusCode.Failure
-        else:
-            self.msg.info('retrieved [%s]', self.det.name())
-
-        # -----------------------------------------------------------
-        # Message  service
-        self.msg.info('initializing [%s]...',self.name())
-        self.msg.debug('retrieve MessageSvc pointer...')
-        self.msgSvc = PyAthena.py_svc('MessageSvc')
-        if self.msgSvc is None:
-            self.msg.error('Problem retrieving MessageSvc pointer !')
-            return StatusCode.Failure
-        else:
-            self.msg.info('retrieved [%s]', self.msgSvc.name())
-
         # Get DetectorStore...
         from StoreGateBindings.Bindings import StoreGate
         self._detStore = StoreGate.pointer("DetectorStore")
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/share/LArCellConditions.py b/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/share/LArCellConditions.py
index 66d46b5de099bf26113dbde3d76d030e4c877d8e..52a32b791e7913d303d2b1244e9b5710070278ce 100755
--- a/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/share/LArCellConditions.py
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon/share/LArCellConditions.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tag=None
 sv=True
 geo=False
 dspth=False
-detdescrtag="ATLAS-GEO-20-00-00"
+detdescrtag="ATLAS-R2-2016-01-00-01"
 detdescrset=False
 sqlite=""
 
@@ -202,17 +202,6 @@ theLArCellConditionsAlg=LArCellConditionsAlg("LArCellConditions",
                                              printDSPTh=dspth)
 job+= theLArCellConditionsAlg
 
-#print ServiceMgr.IOVDbSvc.Folders
-
-try:
-    svcMgr.PoolSvc.WriteCatalog=""
-    #svcMgr.PoolSvc.ReadCatalog.remove('apcfile:poolcond/PoolFileCatalog.xml')
-except:
-    pass
-
-print svcMgr.PoolSvc.ReadCatalog
-print svcMgr.PoolSvc.WriteCatalog
-
 
 theApp.initialize()
 import readline