diff --git a/Detector/FT/src/FT_geo.cpp b/Detector/FT/src/FT_geo.cpp
index c6d614424d11be79e06fb1031306e3aa3ff1ac1c..675f8ee44b41871f5f1b260e48657086533b5b12 100644
--- a/Detector/FT/src/FT_geo.cpp
+++ b/Detector/FT/src/FT_geo.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // For the licensing terms see $DD4hepINSTALL/LICENSE.
 // For the list of contributors see $DD4hepINSTALL/doc/CREDITS.
 //
-// Author     : M.Frank
+// Author     : M.Frank, modified by B.Dey
 //
 //==========================================================================
 //
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ namespace {
         if ( n == "attach_volume" ) m_attach_volume = c.attr<std::string>( _U( value ) );
         if ( n == "local_debug" ) m_local_debug = c.attr<bool>( _U( value ) );
         if ( n == "debug" ) debug = c.attr<bool>( _U( value ) );
-        // cout << "Dbg:" << n << " " << c.attr<bool>(_U(value)) << endl;
       }
     }
     eps               = dd4hep::_toDouble( "FT:eps" );
@@ -268,6 +267,7 @@ namespace {
         pos = dd4hep::Position( +0.5 * p.sign * ( hole_size_x - core_size_x ),
                                 -0.5 * ( core_size_y - endpiece_size_y ) + hole_size_y + dead_size_y,
                                 +0.5 * ( core_size_z - endpiece_size_z ) );
+        //-0.5 * ( core_size_z - endpiece_size_z ) // BD check this
         core_back_vol.placeVolume( volume( "lvEndpiece1" ), pos );
 
         dd4hep::printout( m_local_debug ? dd4hep::ALWAYS : dd4hep::DEBUG, "FT-geo",
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ namespace {
         //
         // The "wall_thick" below is exactly the extrusion between: lvFTModuleHoleRightU/lvHoleWallRightU_9
         // Don't know how to handle this
+        // BD changed: *small* change to handle extrusions
+        if ( endPhi > M_PI ) endPhi -= delta_angle / 10.;
+        if ( startPhi < 0 ) startPhi += delta_angle / 10.;
         dd4hep::Tube   hole_wall_solid( hole_leftx_size_y, hole_leftx_size_y + wall_thick, mod_size_z / 2.0, startPhi,
                                       endPhi );
         dd4hep::Volume hole_wall_vol( "lvHoleWall" + m.first, hole_wall_solid, skin_mat );
@@ -422,7 +425,7 @@ namespace {
       if ( m_build_passive ) {
         pos = dd4hep::Position( 0.0, -0.5 * ( mod_size_y - core_size_y ), 0.5 * ( mat_size_z + core_size_z ) );
         pv  = mod_vol.placeVolume( volume( "lvCoreHoleBack" + m.first ), dd4hep::Transform3D( rot_Y, pos ) );
-
+        // pv = mod_vol.placeVolume(volume("lvCoreHoleBack"+m.first), pos); // BD check this
         pos = dd4hep::Position( 0.0, -0.5 * ( mod_size_y - skin_size_y ),
                                 0.5 * ( mat_size_z + skin_size_z ) + core_size_z );
         pv  = mod_vol.placeVolume( volume( "lvSkinHole" + m.first ), pos );
diff --git a/compact/FT/detector.xml b/compact/FT/detector.xml
index e3546914fab8645d2cb6d90098fbbeeabd313f88..00b2fb2f423913288dbd50c39f6cbd1190baab84 100644
--- a/compact/FT/detector.xml
+++ b/compact/FT/detector.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 <!--  Copyright (C) Organisation europeenne pour la Recherche nucleaire (CERN)  -->
 <!--  All rights reserved.                                                      -->
 <!--                                                                            -->
-<!--   @author  M.Frank                                                         -->
-<!--   @date    14/10/2018                                                      -->
+<!--   @author  M.Frank, B. Dey                                                 -->
+<!--   @date    14/10/2018,  17/05/2019(last rev.)                              -->
 <!--                                                                            -->
 <!--==========================================================================-->
 <!-- XML description of the UT stations                                        -->
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvLayer5X1"/>
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvLayer5V"/>
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvStation5"/>
-        <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvFTModuleHoleLeftU"/>
-        <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvFTModuleFull"/>
 
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvFTModuleFull"/>
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvFTModuleHoleLeftU"/>
@@ -134,8 +132,10 @@
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvFTModuleHoleRightU"/>
         <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvFTModuleHoleLeftV"/>
 
+        <item name="attach_volume"   value="lvLayer5V"/>
 -->
-        <item name="build_passive"   value="1"/>
+
+        <item name="build_passive"   value="0"/>
         <item name="build_frames"    value="1"/>
         <item name="local_debug"     value="0"/>
         <item name="debug"           value="0"/>