diff --git a/DDCore/src/LCDDImp.cpp b/DDCore/src/LCDDImp.cpp
index 392abeebfed5aa7e5884a0f22c337709ada9115f..24f13ef5868055ecf53d1900c55f5ac9a6fb2153 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/LCDDImp.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/LCDDImp.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace {
     VolumeManager m_volManager;
     DetElement m_world;
     ShapePatcher(VolumeManager m, DetElement e)
-      : GeoScan(e,true), m_volManager(m), m_world(e) {
+      : GeoScan(e), m_volManager(m), m_world(e) {
     }
     void patchShapes() {
       GeoHandler::Data& data = *m_data;
diff --git a/DDG4/src/Geant4Converter.cpp b/DDG4/src/Geant4Converter.cpp
index 7bc0d1e605512d9470ade6d5691f7464dc0a2984..1e9f1f72fc1acb280cb6987027828d082c8aaca0 100644
--- a/DDG4/src/Geant4Converter.cpp
+++ b/DDG4/src/Geant4Converter.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ namespace {
 Geant4Converter::Geant4Converter(LCDD& lcdd)
     : Geant4Mapping(lcdd), m_checkOverlaps(true) {
   this->Geant4Mapping::init();
+  m_propagateRegions = true;
   m_outputLevel = PrintLevel(printLevel() - 1);
 }
 
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ Geant4Converter::Geant4Converter(LCDD& lcdd)
 Geant4Converter::Geant4Converter(LCDD& lcdd, PrintLevel level)
     : Geant4Mapping(lcdd), m_checkOverlaps(true) {
   this->Geant4Mapping::init();
+  m_propagateRegions = true;
   m_outputLevel = level;
 }