diff --git a/Tools/coreg/mq_coreg.m b/Tools/coreg/mq_coreg.m
index 680e96e..0354cc1 100644
--- a/Tools/coreg/mq_coreg.m
+++ b/Tools/coreg/mq_coreg.m
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ function mq_coreg(dir_name,grad_trans,mri_file,...
 cfg.mri            = mri_realigned2;
 cfg.grid.unit      ='mm';
 cfg.inwardshift    = -1.5;
+cfg.spmversion     = 'spm12';   % default is 'spm8'
+cfg.spmmethod      = 'new';      % default is 'old'
+disp('Using the new SPM12 normalisation... this takes 3-4 minutes');
 sourcemodel3d      = ft_prepare_sourcemodel(cfg);
 
 % Create figure to check headodel and sourcemodel match