diff --git a/compact/hcal/backward.xml b/compact/hcal/backward.xml
index 2df2373cd..5f23ab662 100644
--- a/compact/hcal/backward.xml
+++ b/compact/hcal/backward.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     </documentation>
 
     <constant name="HcalEndcapNSingleLayerThickness"
-             value="HcalEndcapNSteelThickness + HcalEndcapNPolystyreneThickness"/>
+             value="HcalEndcapNSteelThickness + HcalEndcapNPolystyreneThickness + HcalEndcapNLayerGap"/>
     <constant name="HcalEndcapNLayer_NRepeat"   value="floor(HcalEndcapN_length / HcalEndcapNSingleLayerThickness)"/>
     <constant name="HcalEndcapN_thickness"              value="HcalEndcapNLayer_NRepeat * HcalEndcapNSingleLayerThickness"/>
   </define>
diff --git a/configurations/backward_hcal_only.yml b/configurations/backward_hcal_only.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e331c41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configurations/backward_hcal_only.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+features:
+  hcal:
+    backward:
+    backward_endcap_flux:
diff --git a/src/PolyhedraEndcapCalorimeter2_geo.cpp b/src/PolyhedraEndcapCalorimeter2_geo.cpp
index 546b84278..c8cbc56c4 100644
--- a/src/PolyhedraEndcapCalorimeter2_geo.cpp
+++ b/src/PolyhedraEndcapCalorimeter2_geo.cpp
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ static Ref_t create_detector(Detector& description, xml_h e, SensitiveDetector s
       string s_name      = _toString(s_num, "slice%d");
       double s_thick     = x_slice.thickness();
       Material s_mat     = description.material(x_slice.materialStr());
-      Volume s_vol(s_name, PolyhedraRegular(numsides, rmin, rmax, s_thick), s_mat);
+      Volume s_vol(s_name, PolyhedraRegular(numsides, M_PI / numsides, rmin, rmax, s_thick), s_mat);
 
       s_vol.setVisAttributes(description.visAttributes(x_slice.visStr()));
       sliceZ += s_thick / 2;
-      PlacedVolume s_phv = l_vol.placeVolume(s_vol, Position(0, 0, sliceZ));
+      PlacedVolume s_phv = l_vol.placeVolume(
+          s_vol, Transform3D(RotationZYX(-M_PI / numsides, 0, 0), Position(0, 0, sliceZ)));
       s_phv.addPhysVolID("slice", s_num);
       if (x_slice.isSensitive()) {
         sens.setType("calorimeter");