diff --git a/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/ATOFHit.java b/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/ATOFHit.java
index 895faeb015..43e97be033 100644
--- a/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/ATOFHit.java
+++ b/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/ATOFHit.java
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ public void setTot(int tot) {
     public double getTime() {
         return time;
     }
+    
+    public double getStartTime() {
+        return this.startTime;
+    }
 
     public void setTime(double time) {
         this.time = time;
diff --git a/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/HitFinder.java b/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/HitFinder.java
index 20e1864234..c0b2a0830f 100644
--- a/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/HitFinder.java
+++ b/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/atof/hit/HitFinder.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import org.jlab.geom.base.Detector;
 import org.jlab.io.base.DataBank;
 import org.jlab.io.base.DataEvent;
+import org.jlab.rec.alert.constants.CalibrationConstantsLoader;
 
 /**
  * The {@code HitFinder} class finds hits in the atof.
@@ -124,12 +125,18 @@ public void findHits(DataEvent event, Detector atof, float startTime) {
                 //Matching the hits: if same module and different order, they make up a bar hit
                 if (this_hit_up.matchBar(this_hit_down)) {
                     //Bar hits are matched to ahdc tracks and listed
-                    if (countMatches > 0) {
-                        //If the up hit was already involved in a match, do not make an additionnal match
-                        //Chosing to ignore double matches for now because it happened for <1% of events in cosmic runs
-                        continue;
-                    }
                     BarHit this_bar_hit = new BarHit(this_hit_down, this_hit_up);
+                    int key = this_hit_up.getSector()*10000 + this_hit_up.getLayer()*1000 + this_hit_up.getComponent()*10;//Order does not matter (t0 computed from time sum)
+                    double[] timeOffsets = CalibrationConstantsLoader.ATOF_TIME_OFFSETS.get(key);
+                    double meanTime = timeOffsets[0];
+                    double sigmaTime = Math.abs(timeOffsets[3]);
+                    //Cuts for bar time sum are derived correcting with FD electrons
+                    //So we need to move the cut to be centered at the same startTime for FT electron events
+                    //For now, we will just keep all FT electron events even if out of time
+                    if(this_hit_up.getStartTime()!=-1000 && this_hit_up.getStartTime()!=0){
+                        if(2*this_bar_hit.getTime() > meanTime + 5*sigmaTime) continue;
+                        if(2*this_bar_hit.getTime() < meanTime - 3*sigmaTime) continue;
+                        }
                     this.barHits.add(this_bar_hit);
                     countMatches++;
                 }