diff --git a/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.sh b/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.sh
index c95d747..b10d5e4 100755
--- a/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.sh
+++ b/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,23 @@ else
   echo "The Key4hep stack was already loaded in this environment."
 fi
 
+# download the events to reconstruct
+if ! -test https://fccsw.web.cern.ch/fccsw/filesForSimDigiReco/gen/pythia_ee_z_qq_10evt.hepmc; then
+  echo "Downloading files needed for simulation"
+  wget https://fccsw.web.cern.ch/fccsw/filesForSimDigiReco/gen/pythia_ee_z_qq_10evt.hepmc
+fi
 # run the SIM step (for debug do not run it if files already present. Comment the if and fi lines for production)
-if ! test -f ALLEGRO_sim_e_barrel.root; then
-echo "Generating events and performing the Geant4 simulation with ddsim"
-ddsim --enableGun --gun.distribution uniform --gun.energy "10*GeV" --gun.particle e- --numberOfEvents 10 --outputFile ALLEGRO_sim_e_barrel.root --random.enableEventSeed --random.seed 42 --compactFile $K4GEO/FCCee/ALLEGRO/compact/ALLEGRO_o1_v03/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.xml
+#if ! test -f ALLEGRO_sim_ee_z_qq.root; then
+echo "Performing the Geant4 simulation with ddsim"
+ddsim --inputFiles pythia_ee_z_qq_10evt.hepmc --numberOfEvents -1 --outputFile ALLEGRO_sim_ee_z_qq.root --compactFile $K4GEO/FCCee/ALLEGRO/compact/ALLEGRO_o1_v03/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.xml
+#fi
+#if ! test -f ALLEGRO_sim_e_barrel.root; then
+#echo "Generating events and performing the Geant4 simulation with ddsim"
+#ddsim --enableGun --gun.distribution uniform --gun.energy "10*GeV" --gun.particle e- --numberOfEvents 10 --outputFile ALLEGRO_sim_e_barrel.root --random.enableEventSeed --random.seed 42 --compactFile $K4GEO/FCCee/ALLEGRO/compact/ALLEGRO_o1_v03/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.xml
 #ddsim --enableGun --gun.distribution uniform --gun.energy "10*GeV" --gun.particle e- --numberOfEvents 10 --outputFile ALLEGRO_sim_e_endcap.root --random.enableEventSeed --random.seed 42 --compactFile $K4GEO/FCCee/ALLEGRO/compact/ALLEGRO_o1_v03/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.xml
 #ddsim --enableGun --gun.distribution uniform --gun.energy "10*GeV" --gun.particle pi- --numberOfEvents 10 --outputFile ALLEGRO_sim_pi_barrel.root --random.enableEventSeed --random.seed 42 --compactFile $K4GEO/FCCee/ALLEGRO/compact/ALLEGRO_o1_v03/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.xml
 #ddsim --enableGun --gun.distribution uniform --gun.energy "10*GeV" --gun.particle pi- --numberOfEvents 10 --outputFile ALLEGRO_sim_pi_endcap.root --random.enableEventSeed --random.seed 42 --compactFile $K4GEO/FCCee/ALLEGRO/compact/ALLEGRO_o1_v03/ALLEGRO_o1_v03.xml
-fi
+#fi
 
 # get the files needed for calibration, noise, neighbor finding, etc
 if ! test -f ./neighbours_map_ecalB_thetamodulemerged_hcalB_thetaphi.root; then  # assumes that if the last file exists, all the other as well
diff --git a/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03_digi_reco.py b/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03_digi_reco.py
index f6edc81..2eb9300 100644
--- a/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03_digi_reco.py
+++ b/RecFCCeeCalorimeter/tests/options/ALLEGRO_o1_v03_digi_reco.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 # - general settings
 #
-inputfile = "ALLEGRO_sim_e_barrel.root"  # input file produced with ddsim
-Nevts = -1                      # -1 means all events
-addNoise = False                # add noise or not to the cell energy
-dumpGDML = False                # create GDML file of detector model
-runHCal = True                  # if false, it will produce only ECAL clusters. if true, it will also produce ECAL+HCAL clusters
+inputfile = "ALLEGRO_sim_ee_z_qq.root"  # input file produced with ddsim
+Nevts = -1                              # -1 means all events
+addNoise = False                        # add noise or not to the cell energy
+dumpGDML = False                        # create GDML file of detector model
+runHCal = True                          # if false, it will produce only ECAL clusters. if true, it will also produce ECAL+HCAL clusters
 
 # - what to save in output file
 #