diff --git a/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.cc b/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.cc
index 9f508280d6cc5c26e615dee5dab8d77780fe1873..6aead046853574135a5c5f7e4d2fc86a0fbf504b 100644
--- a/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.cc
+++ b/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.cc
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ GlobalRDMap CreateDistanceList(const EntityView& ref,Real max_dist)
  return dist_list;
 } 
 
-GlobalRDMap CreateDistanceListFromMultipleReferences(const std::vector<EntityView>& ref_list, std::vector<Real> cutoff_list, Real max_dist)
+GlobalRDMap CreateDistanceListFromMultipleReferences(const std::vector<EntityView>& ref_list, std::vector<Real>& cutoff_list, Real max_dist)
 {	
   int ref_counter=0;  
   ExistenceMap ex_map;  
diff --git a/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.hh b/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.hh
index 8a38f4baea7a5237ad598a7cd168511beee803ee..84c12b961479ba9537311be20c32b5f2d07e99be 100644
--- a/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.hh
+++ b/modules/mol/alg/src/local_dist_test.hh
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Real DLLEXPORT_OST_MOL_ALG OldStyleLDTHA(EntityView& v, const GlobalRDMap& globa
 
 
 GlobalRDMap CreateDistanceList(const EntityView& ref,Real max_dist);
+
 GlobalRDMap CreateDistanceListFromMultipleReferences(const std::vector<EntityView>& ref_list,std::vector<Real>& cutoff_list, Real max_dist);
 void PrintGlobalRDMap(const GlobalRDMap& glob_dist_list);
 void PrintResidueRDMap(const ResidueRDMap& res_dist_list);