diff --git a/atomic/src/ld1_readin.f90 b/atomic/src/ld1_readin.f90
index 92de6d90a..0ea9418ac 100644
--- a/atomic/src/ld1_readin.f90
+++ b/atomic/src/ld1_readin.f90
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ subroutine ld1_readin(input_file)
      lnc2paw = .false.
      rmatch_augfun=-1.0_dp   ! force a crash
      rmatch_augfun_nc =.false.
-     lgipaw_reconstruction = .true.
+     lgipaw_reconstruction = .false.
      use_paw_as_gipaw = .true. 
 
      if (ionode) read(qestdin,inputp,err=500,iostat=ios)