diff --git a/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_cpptest1.log b/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_cpptest1.log
index 58ce74ccbe9ef14ad554fe92bd12700a24bf44e9..d2b3b9d64707bc4dc2dc8595015a11bd7e8433ed 100644
--- a/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_cpptest1.log
+++ b/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_cpptest1.log
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-     1  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         1   18.00       21.00      19.34          1.56017745945E+07  1.64609641193E+07   1.05507   1.39331   1.40000
-     2  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         2   21.00       24.00      22.37          8.34458267620E+06  8.81388329577E+06   1.05624   1.35830   1.38000
-     3  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          1   18.00       21.00      19.32          1.51487668648E+07  1.61411577100E+07   1.06551   1.40726   1.40000
-     4  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          2   21.00       24.00      22.35          8.08819152921E+06  8.57754181383E+06   1.06050   1.38336   1.32000
+     1  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         1   18.00       21.00      19.34          1.55667472757E+07  1.64230493128E+07   1.05501   1.39245   1.40000
+     2  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         2   21.00       24.00      22.37          8.32640761744E+06  8.79417876595E+06   1.05618   1.35754   1.38000
+     3  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          1   18.00       21.00      19.32          1.51147565052E+07  1.61037999706E+07   1.06544   1.40638   1.40000
+     4  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          2   21.00       24.00      22.35          8.07057474245E+06  8.55832684231E+06   1.06044   1.38254   1.32000
diff --git a/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_rundecastest1.log b/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_rundecastest1.log
index cc73ce6d6f06715f2c6b2b7ca2adadbcf40ebfa6..323e9f0be9c9c4d1dc4b573e34460d4100c6556f 100644
--- a/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_rundecastest1.log
+++ b/v2.5/toolkit/data/check/fnl1014_I902309_2-2_rundecastest1.log
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-     1  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         1   18.00       21.00      19.34          1.56016887283E+07  1.64608712252E+07   1.05507   1.39331   1.40000
-     2  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         2   21.00       24.00      22.37          8.34454473387E+06  8.81384219248E+06   1.05624   1.35830   1.38000
-     3  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          1   18.00       21.00      19.32          1.51486834905E+07  1.61410660330E+07   1.06551   1.40726   1.40000
-     4  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          2   21.00       24.00      22.35          8.08815475042E+06  8.57750169336E+06   1.06050   1.38335   1.32000
+     1  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         1   18.00       21.00      19.34          1.55666620448E+07  1.64229571138E+07   1.05501   1.39245   1.40000
+     2  3.000         1   0.000       0.5000         2   21.00       24.00      22.37          8.32636994898E+06  8.79413796273E+06   1.05618   1.35754   1.38000
+     3  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          1   18.00       21.00      19.32          1.51146737478E+07  1.61037089813E+07   1.06544   1.40638   1.40000
+     4  3.000         2   0.5000      1.000          2   21.00       24.00      22.35          8.07053822914E+06  8.55828701506E+06   1.06044   1.38254   1.32000
diff --git a/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-cppread.cc b/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-cppread.cc
index 25ac031347d6f24611c15d3446d3a3b78d59c86e..d0cb04355e9cd9f1c51992d5e49a02ce79795b45 100644
--- a/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-cppread.cc
+++ b/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-cppread.cc
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
          man << "   If -7 < #vars < 0   then no. of additional mu_r, mu_f low fixed-scale variations to investigate, if possible." << endl;
          man << "   If -13 < #vars < -6 then no. of additional mu_r, mu_f high fixed-scale variations to investigate, if possible." << endl;
          man << "   If #vars == 0 then all PDF members are investigated for the default scale factors of (1,1)." << endl;
-         man << "[ascode]: Name of desired alpha_s evolution code, def. = GRV." << endl;
-         man << "   Alternatives are: LHAPDF, RUNDEC, and" << endl;
+         man << "[ascode]: Name of desired alpha_s evolution code, def. = LHAPDF." << endl;
+         man << "   Alternatives are: RUNDEC, GRV, and" << endl;
          man << "                     QCDNUM, or HOPPET, IF compiled with these options!" << endl;
          man << "[norm]: Normalize if applicable, def. = no." << endl;
          man << "   Alternatives: \"yes\" or \"norm\"" << endl;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
          man << "[NLoop]: Set no. of loops to use in alpha_s evolution, def. = 2 (NLO)" << endl;
          man << "   Alternatives: 1,3,4." << endl;
          man << "   Only possible for [ascode] other than LHAPDF!" << endl;
-         man << "[asMz]: Set value of alpha_s(M_Z) to use in alpha_s evolution, def. = 0.1181 (PDG 2017)" << endl;
+         man << "[asMz]: Set value of alpha_s(M_Z) to use in alpha_s evolution, def. = 0.1180 (PDG 2023)" << endl;
          man << "   Only possible for [ascode] other than LHAPDF!" << endl;
          man << "[Mz]: Set value of M_Z at which alpha_s(M_Z) is defined in alpha_s evolution, def. = 91.1876 (PDG)" << endl;
          man << "   Only possible for [ascode] other than LHAPDF!" << endl;
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       AsEvolCode = (const char*) argv[4];
    }
    if (argc <= 4 || AsEvolCode == "_") {
-      AsEvolCode = "GRV";
-      shout["fnlo-tk-cppread"] << "No request for alpha_s evolution code, using GRV default." << endl;
+      AsEvolCode = "LHAPDF";
+      shout["fnlo-tk-cppread"] << "No request for alpha_s evolution code, using LHAPDF default." << endl;
    } else {
       shout["fnlo-tk-cppread"] << "Using alpha_s evolution code: " << AsEvolCode << endl;
    }
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    }
 
    //--- Set value of alpha_s(M_Z) to use in alpha_s evolution ([ascode] other than LHAPDF only)
-   double asMz = 0.1181;// (PDG 2017)
+   double asMz = 0.1180;// (PDG 2023)
    if (argc > 10) {
       chtmp = (const char*) argv[10];
    }
@@ -528,10 +528,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    //         fnlo.SetNLoop(4);
    //         fnlo.SetMz(91.70);
    //
-   //     (Note: CTEQ6M:   M_Z = 91.70,   alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1179;
-   //            PDG 2012: M_Z = 91.1876, alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1184;
-   //            PDG 2014: M_Z = 91.1876, alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1185)
-   //
 
 
    // 2.
@@ -569,10 +565,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    //
    //            fnlo.SetAlphasMz(0.1179);
    //
-   //     (Note: CTEQ6M:   M_Z = 91.70,   alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1179;
-   //            PDG 2012: M_Z = 91.1876, alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1184;
-   //            PDG 2014: M_Z = 91.1876, alpha_s(M_Z) = 0.1185)
-   //
    //     To use a different alpha_s evolution code one has to interface it.
    //     Here, for example, we use the above-mentioned CRunDec code:
    //
@@ -933,14 +925,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    //! double asmz = fnlo->GetAlphasMz(Mz);
    //! cout << "Read from LHAPDF: alpha_s at M_Z = " << asmz << endl;
    if ( AsEvolCode != "LHAPDF" ) {
-      fnlo->SetAlphasMz(asMz);//! Default = 0.1181 (PDG 2017), else from command line; does not work with LHAPDF.
+      fnlo->SetAlphasMz(asMz);//! Default = 0.1180 (PDG 2023), else from command line; does not work with LHAPDF.
       //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1184);//! PDG 2012 +- 0.0007
       //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1185);//! PDG 2013 +- 0.0006
       //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1185);//! PDG 2014 +- 0.0006
       //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1181);//! PDG 2015 +- 0.0013
       //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1181);//! PDG 2017 +- 0.0011
-      //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1180);//! CT10-NLO
-      //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1190);//! NNPDF21-NLO
+      //!   fnlo->SetAlphasMz(0.1180);//! PDG 2023 +- 0.0009
    }
 
    if ( AsEvolCode != "LHAPDF" ) {
diff --git a/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-rootout.cc b/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-rootout.cc
index 8949a9134573e70a0677eee61b9c53d9f5745644..fe1c78986b0eb034b7391c3fd7d6a3b9bcac37f8 100644
--- a/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-rootout.cc
+++ b/v2.5/toolkit/src/fnlo-tk-rootout.cc
@@ -531,22 +531,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                fastNLOTools::PrintXSUncertainty(XsUnc, UncName);
             }
 
-            // //! Print out of results
-            // if ( XsUnc.xs.size() ) {
-            //    yell << _CSEPSC << endl;
-            //    shout << "fnlo-tk-rootout: Evaluating uncertainties" << endl;
-            //    yell << _CSEPSC << endl;
-            //    yell << _DSEPSC << endl;
-            //    yell <<  buffer << endl;
-            //    yell << _SSEPSC << endl;
-            //    shout << "bin      cross_section           lower_uncertainty       upper_uncertainty" << endl;
-            //    yell << _TSEPSC << endl;
-            //    for ( unsigned int iobs=0;iobs<XsUnc.xs.size();iobs++ ) {
-            //       printf("%5.i      %#18.11E      %#18.11E      %#18.11E\n",iobs+1,XsUnc.xs[iobs],XsUnc.dxsl[iobs],XsUnc.dxsu[iobs]);
-            //    }
-            //    yell << _TSEPSC << endl;
-            // }
-
             //! --- Initialize dimension bin counter
             unsigned int NDimBins[NDim];
             NDimBins[0] = fnlo->GetNDim0Bins();