diff --git a/macapype/pipelines/full_pipelines.py b/macapype/pipelines/full_pipelines.py
index 259ee0a20..95140c091 100644
--- a/macapype/pipelines/full_pipelines.py
+++ b/macapype/pipelines/full_pipelines.py
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def create_brain_segment_from_mask_pipe(
                 register_NMT_pipe, "inputnode.indiv_params")
 
         elif "reg" in params:
-            # Iterative registration to the INIA19 template
+            # Iterative registration to the template
             reg = NodeParams(
                 IterREGBET(),
                 params=parse_key(params, "reg"),
diff --git a/macapype/pipelines/prepare.py b/macapype/pipelines/prepare.py
index 1653e7ea2..ee97debf8 100644
--- a/macapype/pipelines/prepare.py
+++ b/macapype/pipelines/prepare.py
@@ -740,7 +740,9 @@ def create_short_preparation_pipe(params, params_template={},
                 params_template["padded_template_head"]
 
         elif "template_head" in params_template.keys():
-            print("Found pad_val {}".format(pad_val))
+            if "pad_val" in params["resample_T1_pad"].keys():
+                pad_val = params["resample_T1_pad"]["pad_val"]
+                print("Found pad_val {}".format(pad_val))
 
             # padding versio of the template
             pad_template = NodeParams(