diff --git a/mlprec/mld_cprecset.f90 b/mlprec/mld_cprecset.f90
index 9ae24024..3c392ffd 100644
--- a/mlprec/mld_cprecset.f90
+++ b/mlprec/mld_cprecset.f90
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ subroutine mld_cprecseti(p,what,val,info,ilev)
     case(mld_smoother_type_,mld_sub_solve_,mld_sub_restr_,mld_sub_prol_,&
          & mld_sub_ren_,mld_sub_ovr_,mld_sub_fillin_,&
          & mld_smoother_sweeps_)
-      do ilev_=1,nlev_-1
+      do ilev_=1,max(1,nlev_-1)
         if (.not.allocated(p%baseprecv(ilev_)%iprcparm)) then 
           write(0,*) name,&
                &': Error: Uninitialized preconditioner component, should call MLD_PRECINIT' 
diff --git a/mlprec/mld_dprecset.f90 b/mlprec/mld_dprecset.f90
index 87c18104..01df98ae 100644
--- a/mlprec/mld_dprecset.f90
+++ b/mlprec/mld_dprecset.f90
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ subroutine mld_dprecseti(p,what,val,info,ilev)
     case(mld_smoother_type_,mld_sub_solve_,mld_sub_restr_,mld_sub_prol_,&
          & mld_sub_ren_,mld_sub_ovr_,mld_sub_fillin_,&
          & mld_smoother_sweeps_)
-      do ilev_=1,nlev_-1
+      do ilev_=1,max(1,nlev_-1)
         if (.not.allocated(p%baseprecv(ilev_)%iprcparm)) then 
           write(0,*) name,&
                &': Error: Uninitialized preconditioner component, should call MLD_PRECINIT' 
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ subroutine mld_dprecsetr(p,what,val,info,ilev)
           endif
           p%baseprecv(ilev_)%rprcparm(what)  = val
         end do
+      case(mld_coarse_fthrs_)
+        ilev_=nlev_
+        if (.not.allocated(p%baseprecv(ilev_)%rprcparm)) then 
+          write(0,*) name,': Error: Uninitialized preconditioner component, should call MLD_PRECINIT' 
+          info = -1 
+          return 
+        endif
+        p%baseprecv(ilev_)%rprcparm(mld_fact_thrs_)  = val
       case(mld_aggr_damp_)
         do ilev_=2,nlev_
           if (.not.allocated(p%baseprecv(ilev_)%rprcparm)) then 
diff --git a/mlprec/mld_prec_type.f90 b/mlprec/mld_prec_type.f90
index d73b9fac..f815a340 100644
--- a/mlprec/mld_prec_type.f90
+++ b/mlprec/mld_prec_type.f90
@@ -318,10 +318,11 @@ module mld_prec_type
   !
   ! Entries in rprcparm: ILU(k,t) threshold, smoothed aggregation omega
   !
-  integer, parameter :: mld_fact_thrs_=1
-  integer, parameter :: mld_aggr_damp_=2
-  integer, parameter :: mld_aggr_thresh_=3
-  integer, parameter :: mld_rfpsz_=4
+  integer, parameter :: mld_fact_thrs_    = 1
+  integer, parameter :: mld_aggr_damp_    = 2
+  integer, parameter :: mld_aggr_thresh_  = 3
+  integer, parameter :: mld_coarse_fthrs_ = 4
+  integer, parameter :: mld_rfpsz_        = 8
 
   !
   ! Fields for sparse matrices ensembles stored in av()
diff --git a/mlprec/mld_sprecset.f90 b/mlprec/mld_sprecset.f90
index 5fb16851..3236e5ab 100644
--- a/mlprec/mld_sprecset.f90
+++ b/mlprec/mld_sprecset.f90
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ subroutine mld_sprecseti(p,what,val,info,ilev)
     case(mld_smoother_type_,mld_sub_solve_,mld_sub_restr_,mld_sub_prol_,&
          & mld_sub_ren_,mld_sub_ovr_,mld_sub_fillin_,&
          & mld_smoother_sweeps_)
-      do ilev_=1,nlev_-1
+      do ilev_=1,max(1,nlev_-1)
         if (.not.allocated(p%baseprecv(ilev_)%iprcparm)) then 
           write(0,*) name,&
                &': Error: Uninitialized preconditioner component, should call MLD_PRECINIT' 
diff --git a/mlprec/mld_zprecset.f90 b/mlprec/mld_zprecset.f90
index edf2982d..ad23daca 100644
--- a/mlprec/mld_zprecset.f90
+++ b/mlprec/mld_zprecset.f90
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ subroutine mld_zprecseti(p,what,val,info,ilev)
     case(mld_smoother_type_,mld_sub_solve_,mld_sub_restr_,mld_sub_prol_,&
          & mld_sub_ren_,mld_sub_ovr_,mld_sub_fillin_,&
          & mld_smoother_sweeps_)
-      do ilev_=1,nlev_-1
+      do ilev_=1,max(1,nlev_-1)
         if (.not.allocated(p%baseprecv(ilev_)%iprcparm)) then 
           write(0,*) name,&
                &': Error: Uninitialized preconditioner component, should call MLD_PRECINIT'