diff --git a/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling/SphereScaling.cpp b/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling/SphereScaling.cpp
index a7571e1a854da65d8ef9cb1adc8695a55ed6ead1..65c3f0ce28063b55ba2d2d7cc1b9dfa31543e8d8 100644
--- a/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling/SphereScaling.cpp
+++ b/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling/SphereScaling.cpp
@@ -449,11 +449,6 @@ void multipleLevel(const std::string& configPath)
                                                zGridMax, dxGrid);
                 }
 
-                if (useLevels) {
-                    gridBuilder->addGrid(new Sphere(0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, dSphereLev1), 1);                    
-                }
-
-
                 if (useLevels) {
                     if (scalingType == "strong"){
                         gridBuilder->addGrid(new Sphere(0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, dSphereLev1), 1);
diff --git a/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling1/SphereScaling1.cpp b/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling1/SphereScaling1.cpp
index 1edaceff8b53c1b85229948fa4e5aad87d585702..14d151402f93dcbda32a05f2f09b357b589332b8 100644
--- a/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling1/SphereScaling1.cpp
+++ b/apps/gpu/LBM/SphereScaling1/SphereScaling1.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void multipleLevel(const std::string& configPath)
 
     bool useGridGenerator                  = true;
     bool useLevels                         = true;
-    std::string scalingType                = "strong"; // "strong" // "weak"
+    std::string scalingType                = "weak"; // "strong" // "weak"
     // bool useStreams                        = true;
     // para->useReducedCommunicationAfterFtoC = true;
     bool useStreams = para->getUseStreams();
@@ -448,12 +448,7 @@ void multipleLevel(const std::string& configPath)
                     gridBuilder->addCoarseGrid(xSplit - overlap, ySplit - overlap, zSplit - overlap, xGridMax, yGridMax,
                                                zGridMax, dxGrid);
                 }
-
-                if (useLevels) {
-                    gridBuilder->addGrid(new Sphere(0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, dSphereLev1), 1);                    
-                }
-
-
+                
                 if (useLevels) {
                     if (scalingType == "strong"){
                         gridBuilder->addGrid(new Sphere(0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, 0.5 * sideLengthCube, dSphereLev1), 1);