diff --git a/Alignment/OfflineValidation/plugins/JetHTAnalyzer.cc b/Alignment/OfflineValidation/plugins/JetHTAnalyzer.cc
index fe37b33171202..c24d406f9ffbc 100644
--- a/Alignment/OfflineValidation/plugins/JetHTAnalyzer.cc
+++ b/Alignment/OfflineValidation/plugins/JetHTAnalyzer.cc
@@ -56,18 +56,12 @@
 //
 // class declaration
 //
-
-// If the analyzer does not use TFileService, please remove
-// the template argument to the base class so the class inherits
-// from  edm::one::EDAnalyzer<>
-// This will improve performance in multithreaded jobs.
-
 using reco::TrackCollection;
 
 class JetHTAnalyzer : public edm::one::EDAnalyzer<edm::one::SharedResources> {
 public:
   explicit JetHTAnalyzer(const edm::ParameterSet&);
-  ~JetHTAnalyzer() override;
+  ~JetHTAnalyzer() override = default;
 
   static void fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descriptions);
   static bool mysorter(reco::Track i, reco::Track j) { return (i.pt() > j.pt()); }
@@ -78,23 +72,23 @@ class JetHTAnalyzer : public edm::one::EDAnalyzer<edm::one::SharedResources> {
   void endJob() override;
 
   // ----------member data ---------------------------
+  const edm::InputTag pvsTag_;
+  const edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::VertexCollection> pvsToken_;
 
-  edm::InputTag pvsTag_;
-  edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::VertexCollection> pvsToken_;
+  const edm::InputTag tracksTag_;
+  const edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::TrackCollection> tracksToken_;
 
-  edm::InputTag tracksTag_;
-  edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::TrackCollection> tracksToken_;
+  const edm::InputTag triggerTag_;
+  const edm::EDGetTokenT<edm::TriggerResults> triggerToken_;
 
-  edm::InputTag triggerTag_;
-  edm::EDGetTokenT<edm::TriggerResults> triggerToken_;
+  const int printTriggerTable_;
+  const double minVtxNdf_;
+  const double minVtxWgt_;
 
-  int printTriggerTable_;
-  double minVtxNdf_;
-  double minVtxWgt_;
-
-  std::vector<double> profilePtBorders_;
-  std::vector<int> iovList_;
+  const std::vector<double> profilePtBorders_;
+  const std::vector<int> iovList_;
 
+  // output histograms
   edm::Service<TFileService> outfile_;
   TH1F* h_ntrks;
   TH1F* h_probePt;
@@ -106,6 +100,9 @@ class JetHTAnalyzer : public edm::one::EDAnalyzer<edm::one::SharedResources> {
   TH1F* h_probeDzErr;
 
   SmartSelectionMonitor mon;
+
+  // for the conversions
+  static constexpr double cmToum = 10000;
 };
 
 //
@@ -127,11 +124,6 @@ JetHTAnalyzer::JetHTAnalyzer(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig)
   usesResource(TFileService::kSharedResource);
 }
 
-//
-// Default destructor
-//
-JetHTAnalyzer::~JetHTAnalyzer() = default;
-
 //
 // member functions
 //
@@ -140,8 +132,6 @@ JetHTAnalyzer::~JetHTAnalyzer() = default;
 void JetHTAnalyzer::analyze(const edm::Event& iEvent, const edm::EventSetup& iSetup) {
   using namespace edm;
 
-  const double cmToum = 10000;
-
   const auto& vertices = iEvent.get(pvsToken_);
   const reco::VertexCollection& pvtx = vertices;
 
@@ -341,6 +331,11 @@ void JetHTAnalyzer::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& description
   desc.add<edm::InputTag>("vtxCollection", edm::InputTag("offlinePrimaryVerticesFromRefittedTrks"));
   desc.add<edm::InputTag>("triggerResults", edm::InputTag("TriggerResults", "", "HLT"));
   desc.add<edm::InputTag>("trackCollection", edm::InputTag("TrackRefitter"));
+  desc.add<int>("printTriggerTable", false);
+  desc.add<double>("minVertexNdf", 10.);
+  desc.add<double>("minVertexMeanWeight", 0.5);
+  desc.add<std::vector<double>>("profilePtBorders", {3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100});
+  desc.add<std::vector<double>>("iovList", {0, 500000});
   descriptions.add("JetHTAnalyzer", desc);
 }