diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx
index 26bbb758875..5b3382b3596 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx
@@ -1584,6 +1584,9 @@ struct cascadeBuilder {
 struct cascadePreselector {
   Produces<aod::CascTags> casctags; // MC tags
 
+  // for bookkeeping
+  HistogramRegistry histos{"Histos", {}, OutputObjHandlingPolicy::AnalysisObject};
+
   Configurable<bool> dIfMCgenerateXiMinus{"dIfMCgenerateXiMinus", true, "if MC, generate MC true XiMinus (yes/no)"};
   Configurable<bool> dIfMCgenerateXiPlus{"dIfMCgenerateXiPlus", true, "if MC, generate MC true XiPlus (yes/no)"};
   Configurable<bool> dIfMCgenerateOmegaMinus{"dIfMCgenerateOmegaMinus", true, "if MC, generate MC true OmegaMinus (yes/no)"};
@@ -1619,7 +1622,9 @@ struct cascadePreselector {
                bitdEdxOmegaPlus,
                bitUsedInTrackedCascade };
 
-  void init(InitContext const&) {}
+  void init(InitContext const&) {
+    histos.add("hPreselectorStatistics", "hPreselectorStatistics", kTH1F, {{5, -0.5f, 4.5f}});
+  }
 
   //*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*
   /// function to check track quality
@@ -1762,19 +1767,24 @@ struct cascadePreselector {
   {
     // parse + publish tag table now
     for (int ii = 0; ii < selectionMask.size(); ii++) {
+      histos.fill(HIST("hPreselectorStatistics"), 0.0f); // All cascades
       bool validCascade = bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrackQuality);
+      histos.fill(HIST("hPreselectorStatistics"), 1.0f); // pass MC assoc (if requested)
       if (doprocessBuildMCAssociated || doprocessBuildValiddEdxMCAssociated)
         validCascade = validCascade && ((bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueXiMinus) && dIfMCgenerateXiMinus) ||
                                         (bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueXiPlus) && dIfMCgenerateXiPlus) ||
                                         (bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueOmegaMinus) && dIfMCgenerateOmegaMinus) ||
                                         (bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueOmegaPlus) && dIfMCgenerateOmegaPlus));
+      histos.fill(HIST("hPreselectorStatistics"), 2.0f); // pass MC assoc (if requested)
       if (doprocessBuildValiddEdx || doprocessBuildValiddEdxMCAssociated)
         validCascade = validCascade && ((bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitdEdxXiMinus) && ddEdxPreSelectXiMinus) ||
                                         (bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitdEdxXiPlus) && ddEdxPreSelectXiPlus) ||
                                         (bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitdEdxOmegaMinus) && ddEdxPreSelectOmegaMinus) ||
                                         (bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitdEdxOmegaPlus) && ddEdxPreSelectOmegaPlus));
+      histos.fill(HIST("hPreselectorStatistics"), 3.0f); // pass dEdx (if requested)
       if (doprocessSkipCascadesNotUsedInTrackedCascades)
         validCascade = validCascade && bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitUsedInTrackedCascade);
+      histos.fill(HIST("hPreselectorStatistics"), 4.0f); // All cascades
       casctags(validCascade,
                bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueXiMinus), bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueXiPlus),
                bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueOmegaMinus), bitcheck(selectionMask[ii], bitTrueOmegaPlus),
diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/lambdakzerobuilder.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/lambdakzerobuilder.cxx
index c48e8a72ef9..ea190957891 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/lambdakzerobuilder.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/lambdakzerobuilder.cxx
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct lambdakzeroBuilder {
       const AxisSpec axisVsPtCoarse{static_cast<int32_t>(dQANBinsPtCoarse), 0, dQAMaxPt, "#it{p}_{T} (GeV/c)"};
       const AxisSpec axisGammaMass{static_cast<int32_t>(dQANBinsMass), 0.000f, 0.400f, "Inv. Mass (GeV/c^{2})"};
       const AxisSpec axisK0ShortMass{static_cast<int32_t>(dQANBinsMass), 0.400f, 0.600f, "Inv. Mass (GeV/c^{2})"};
-      const AxisSpec axisLambdaMass{static_cast<int32_t>(dQANBinsMass), 1.01f, 1.21f, "Inv. Mass (GeV/c^{2})"};
+      const AxisSpec axisLambdaMass{static_cast<int32_t>(5*dQANBinsMass), 1.01f, 2.01f, "Inv. Mass (GeV/c^{2})"};
       const AxisSpec axisHypertritonMass{static_cast<int32_t>(dQANBinsMass), 2.900f, 3.300f, "Inv. Mass (GeV/c^{2})"};
 
       registry.add("h2dGammaMass", "h2dGammaMass", kTH2F, {axisVsPtCoarse, axisGammaMass});