diff --git a/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2Benchmarks.h b/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2Benchmarks.h
index 2adaef78..13ac9f4d 100755
--- a/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2Benchmarks.h
+++ b/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2Benchmarks.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ using RVecI       = ROOT::VecOps::RVec<int>;
 
 std::map<TString,std::tuple<std::map<TString,H1ResultPtr>,std::map<TString,H2ResultPtr>,std::map<TString,H3ResultPtr>>> histMap;
 
-
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Create dataframe from input file(s)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -228,8 +226,7 @@ void writePlots( TString outName ){
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Create the benchmark plots
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void LOWQ2Benchmarks( string inName = "/scratch/EIC/G4out/qr_18x275_new.edm4hep*.root",
-		      TString outName = "LOWQ2QRRates.root", dd4hep::Detector& detector=dd4hep::Detector::getInstance(), double eventRate=0.0 ){
+void LOWQ2Benchmarks( string inName, TString outName, dd4hep::Detector& detector, double eventRate ){
 
   auto node = initialise( inName );
   
diff --git a/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2hits.h b/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2hits.h
index 709f8c1d..ac3a26df 100644
--- a/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2hits.h
+++ b/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/LOWQ2hits.h
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ std::tuple<std::map<TString,H1ResultPtr>,std::map<TString,H2ResultPtr>,std::map<
                   .Define(yHalfChipName,"yHalfChipID[LayerFilter&&ModuleFilter]")
                   .Define(xColumnName,"xColumnID[LayerFilter&&ModuleFilter]")
                   .Define(layerSizeName,[](RVecI lay){return lay.size();},layerSizeInput);
+     
 
-      
-    
       hHists1D[moduleTag+"/"+layerTag+"/"+xHistName]    = d4.Histo1D({xHistName,   xHistName+";x pixel column;Rate [Hz]",  xRange, xMin, xMax   }, xName, "eventWeight");
       
       hHists1D[moduleTag+"/"+layerTag+"/"+yHistName]    = d4.Histo1D({yHistName,   yHistName+";y pixel column;Rate [Hz]",  yRange, yMin, yMax   }, yName, "eventWeight");
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ std::tuple<std::map<TString,H1ResultPtr>,std::map<TString,H2ResultPtr>,std::map<
     }
   }
 
-
   return {hHists1D,hHists2D,hHists3D};
  
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/RunLOWQ2.C b/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/RunLOWQ2.C
index 3f5bf3c4..b5c3c422 100644
--- a/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/RunLOWQ2.C
+++ b/benchmarks/LOWQ2/analysis/RunLOWQ2.C
@@ -1,35 +1,40 @@
 #include "LOWQ2Benchmarks.h"
 #include <cstdlib>
 
-void RunLOWQ2(std::string inputFileName="Brems_input.root", std::string outputFileName="plots/LOWQ2BremsRecon3.root",
-                double eventCrossSection=0, std::string compactName="/opt/detector/epic-nightly/share/epic/epic.xml") {
+void RunLOWQ2(  std::string inputFileName  = "Brems_input.root", 
+                std::string outputFileName = "plots/LOWQ2QRRecon3.root",
+                std::string compactName    = "/opt/detector/epic-nightly/share/epic/epic.xml",
+                bool   inputIsTimeBased    = false,      // true if the event sample is time-based, false if it is event-based
+                double timeWindow          = 10.15*1e-9, //[s]
+                double eventCrossSection   = 0.0551,     // [mb]
+                double luminosity          = 1e34,       // [cm^-2 s^-1]
+            ) {
     
     //Set implicit multi-threading
     ROOT::EnableImplicitMT();
     
     // Output script running conditions
     std::cout << "Running LOWQ2 benchmarks with the following parameters:" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "  - input file: " << inputFileName << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "  - output file: " << outputFileName << std::endl;
     std::cout << "  - xml file: " << compactName << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "  - input is time-based: " << inputIsTimeBased << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "  - time window: " << timeWindow << " s" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "  - event cross section: " << eventCrossSection << " mb" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "  - luminosity: " << luminosity << " cm^-2 s^-1" << std::endl;
 
     dd4hep::Detector& detector = dd4hep::Detector::getInstance();
     detector.fromCompact(compactName);
 
-    double luminosity = 1e34; // [cm^-2 s^-1]
-    double eBeamEnergy = 18.0; // [GeV]
-    double pBeamEnergy = 275.0; // [GeV]
-    double eventCrossSectionQR = 0.0551; // [mb]
-    double eventCrossSectionBrems = 171.3; // [mb]
-    double bunchSpacing = 10.15*1e-9; // [s]
-
-    double eventRateQR    = luminosity * eventCrossSectionQR * 1e-27; // [Hz]
-    double eventRateBrems = luminosity * eventCrossSectionBrems * 1e-27; // [Hz]
-    double bunchRate      = 1.0 / bunchSpacing; // [Hz]
+    // eventCrossSectionBrems = 171.3; [mb]
+    // eventCrossSectionQR    = 0.0551; [mb]
 
     double eventRate      = luminosity * eventCrossSection * 1e-27; // [Hz]
 
-    //LOWQ2Benchmarks("/scratch/EIC/ReconOut/QR_new.root","plots/LOWQ2QRRecon2.root",detector,eventRateQR);
-    LOWQ2Benchmarks("/scratch/EIC/ReconOut/Brems_new.root","plots/LOWQ2BremsRecon2.root",detector,eventRateBrems);
-    LOWQ2Benchmarks("/scratch/EIC/ReconOut/Brems_new.root","plots/LOWQ2BremsRecon3.root",detector,bunchRate);
-    //LOWQ2Benchmarks(inputFileName,outputFileName,detector,eventRate);
+    if(inputIsTimeBased){
+        eventRate = 1.0 / timeWindow; // [Hz]
+    }
+   
+    LOWQ2Benchmarks(inputFileName,outputFileName,detector,eventRate);
 
 }
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