diff --git a/StRoot/StBTofCalibMaker/StBTofCalibMaker.cxx b/StRoot/StBTofCalibMaker/StBTofCalibMaker.cxx
index 89df14c8741..60b8320895a 100644
--- a/StRoot/StBTofCalibMaker/StBTofCalibMaker.cxx
+++ b/StRoot/StBTofCalibMaker/StBTofCalibMaker.cxx
@@ -2843,9 +2843,9 @@ float StBTofCalibMaker::tofCellResolution(const Int_t itray, const Int_t iModule
     // mBTofRes::timeres_tof() reports in picoseconds
     float stop_resolution  = mBTofRes->timeres_tof(itray, module, cell)/1000.;
 
-    float start_resolution(0);
+    float start_resolution = 0.0;
     if (mUseVpdStart)
-        double start_resolution = mVpdResConfig->singleTubeRes(mVPDHitPatternEast, mVPDHitPatternWest)/1000.;
+        start_resolution = mVpdResConfig->singleTGubeRes(mVPDHitPatternEast, mVPDHitPatternWest)/1000.;
     else
         start_resolution = mBTofRes->average_timeres_tof()/sqrt(mNTzero)/1000.;
     resolution = sqrt(stop_resolution*stop_resolution + start_resolution*start_resolution);
diff --git a/StRoot/StBTofUtil/StVpdSimConfig.h b/StRoot/StBTofUtil/StVpdSimConfig.h
index bcf0e700ff6..69d6ee0be95 100644
--- a/StRoot/StBTofUtil/StVpdSimConfig.h
+++ b/StRoot/StBTofUtil/StVpdSimConfig.h
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ class StVpdSimConfig : public StMaker {
     //! structure containing tube parameters
 	struct SingleTubeParams{
         float singleTubeRes;    //!< Resolution of a particular Vpd tube in ps
-        int tubeId;             //!< Tube Id (number) [0,37] with west Vpd [0,18] and east Vpd [19,37]
-        int tubeStatusFlag;     //!< Status flag for whether tube was active (1) or inactive (0)
-        int tubeTriggerFlag;    //!< Status flag for whether tube was triggered on (1) or not (0)
+        int tubeId,             //!< Tube Id (number) [0,37] with west Vpd [0,18] and east Vpd [19,37]
+            tubeStatusFlag,     //!< Status flag for whether tube was active (1) or inactive (0)
+            tubeTriggerFlag;    //!< Status flag for whether tube was triggered on (1) or not (0)
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ class StVpdSimConfig : public StMaker {
 	 * @return double vpd resolution.
 	 */
 	double singleTubeRes(UInt_t mVPDHitPatternEast, UInt_t mVPDHitPatternWest){
-		double vpdResSumSqr(0.), vpdresolution(0.);
-		int total_vpd_hits = 0; //Total number of vpd tubes used.
+		double vpdResSumSqr(0.),
+			   vpdresolution(0.);
+		int    total_vpd_hits = 0; //Total number of vpd tubes used.
 		for (int i=0; i<19; i++){
 			if (1 << i & mVPDHitPatternEast) {
 				vpdResSumSqr += (mSimParams[i].singleTubeRes)*(mSimParams[i].singleTubeRes);
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class StVpdSimConfig : public StMaker {
 				total_vpd_hits += 1;
 			}
 		}
-		vpdresolution = sqrt(vpdResSumSqr/total_vpd_hits);
+		vpdresolution = sqrt(vpdResSumSqr)/total_vpd_hits;
 		return vpdresolution;
 	}