diff --git a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml
index cf010c09bf1083e1227a79006cf4855d3042d300..9ab153840d29151bf98e19e48d3b18ea8d45d2bb 100644
--- a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/config.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,30 @@
-# sim:emcal_barrel_pions:
-#   extends: .det_benchmark
-#   stage: simulate
-#   script:
-#     - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_pions.sh
+sim:emcal_barrel_pions:
+  extends: .det_benchmark
+  stage: simulate
+  script:
+    - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_pions.sh
 
 sim:emcal_barrel_electrons:
   extends: .det_benchmark
   stage: simulate
   script:
-    # energy_scan should run first to avoid overwriting the non-scan sim file
     - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh electron
-    #- bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
     - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_particles.sh electron
 
 sim:emcal_barrel_photons:
   extends: .det_benchmark
   stage: simulate
   script:
-    # energy_scan should run first to avoid overwriting the non-scan sim file
     - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh photon
     - bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_particles.sh photon
 
-# bench:emcal_barrel_pions:
-#   extends: .det_benchmark
-#   stage: benchmarks
-#   needs:
-#     - ["sim:emcal_barrel_pions"]
-#   script:
-#     - root -b -q benchmarks/barrel_ecal/scripts/emcal_barrel_pions_analysis.cxx+
+bench:emcal_barrel_pions:
+  extends: .det_benchmark
+  stage: benchmarks
+  needs:
+    - ["sim:emcal_barrel_pions"]
+  script:
+    - root -b -q benchmarks/barrel_ecal/scripts/emcal_barrel_pions_analysis.cxx+
 
 bench:emcal_barrel_electrons:
   extends: .det_benchmark
diff --git a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh
index 43103de035312efb56e4ee742e532693c449199c..4282ce3653c664f398cc6a96df8ad096f11cc770 100644
--- a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ for E in 0.25 0.5 1 2 3 4 7 15 20
 do
    export E_START="$E"
    export E_END="$E"
-   export JUGGLER_N_EVENTS="750"
    bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_particles.sh "${PARTICLE}" && echo "$E" >> "$E_file" || exit 1
    path_rootfiles="sim_output/energy_scan/${E}/"
    path_plots="results/energy_scan/${E}/"