diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester0T_cff.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester0T_cff.py
index 2dff878fd0101..d0100ecc7297a 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester0T_cff.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester0T_cff.py
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 SiPixelAliPedeAlignmentProducer.algoConfig.pedeSteerer.options = cms.vstring(
     #'regularisation 1.0 0.05', # non-stated pre-sigma 50 mrad or 500 mum
      'entries 500',
-     'chisqcut  30.0  4.5', #,
-     'threads 1 1' #,
+     'chisqcut  30.0  4.5',
+     'threads 1 1',
+     'closeandreopen'
      #'outlierdownweighting 3','dwfractioncut 0.1'
      #'outlierdownweighting 5','dwfractioncut 0.2'
     )
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester_cff.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester_cff.py
index e9f0937d36510..58f4dc42810c3 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester_cff.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/AlcaSiPixelAliHarvester_cff.py
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
 SiPixelAliPedeAlignmentProducer.algoConfig.pedeSteerer.options = cms.vstring(
     #'regularisation 1.0 0.05', # non-stated pre-sigma 50 mrad or 500 mum
      'entries 500',
-     'chisqcut  30.0  4.5', #,
-     'threads 1 1' #,
+     'chisqcut  30.0  4.5',
+     'threads 1 1',
+     'closeandreopen'
      #'outlierdownweighting 3','dwfractioncut 0.1'
      #'outlierdownweighting 5','dwfractioncut 0.2'
     )