diff --git a/src/cipsi/selection.irp.f b/src/cipsi/selection.irp.f
index 4b527874..88b05554 100644
--- a/src/cipsi/selection.irp.f
+++ b/src/cipsi/selection.irp.f
@@ -28,22 +28,32 @@ subroutine update_pt2_and_variance_weights(pt2, variance, norm, N_st)
   double precision, intent(in) :: variance(N_st)
   double precision, intent(in) :: norm(N_st)
 
-  double precision :: avg, rpt2(N_st)
+  double precision :: avg, rpt2(N_st), element, dt, x
   integer          :: k
 
+  dt = 2.d0 * selection_factor
+
   do k=1,N_st
     rpt2(k) = pt2(k)/(1.d0 + norm(k))                                                     
   enddo
 
   avg = sum(rpt2(1:N_st)) / dble(N_st)
   do k=1,N_st
-    pt2_match_weight(k) *= (rpt2(k)/avg)**2
+    element = exp(dt*(rpt2(k)/avg -1.d0))
+    element = max(0.8d0, element)
+    element = min(1.2d0 , element)
+    pt2_match_weight(k) *= element
   enddo
 
   avg = sum(variance(1:N_st)) / dble(N_st)
   do k=1,N_st
-    variance_match_weight(k) *= (variance(k)/avg)**2
+    element = exp(dt*(variance(k)/avg -1.d0))
+    element = max(0.8d0, element)
+    element = min(1.2d0 , element)
+    variance_match_weight(k) *= element
   enddo
+  print *,  "rPT2-weights:", real(pt2_match_weight(:),4)
+  print *,  "Variance-weights:", real(variance_match_weight(:),4)
 
   SOFT_TOUCH pt2_match_weight variance_match_weight
 end
diff --git a/src/cipsi/zmq_selection.irp.f b/src/cipsi/zmq_selection.irp.f
index 816221e2..9562bbe0 100644
--- a/src/cipsi/zmq_selection.irp.f
+++ b/src/cipsi/zmq_selection.irp.f
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ subroutine ZMQ_selection(N_in, pt2, variance, norm)
     PROVIDE psi_bilinear_matrix_transp_rows_loc psi_bilinear_matrix_transp_columns
     PROVIDE psi_bilinear_matrix_transp_order selection_weight pseudo_sym
 
+
     call new_parallel_job(zmq_to_qp_run_socket,zmq_socket_pull,'selection')
 
     integer, external              :: zmq_put_psi