diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- AbstractTestBeam.java	3 Dec 2010 01:21:39 -0000	1.10
+++ AbstractTestBeam.java	11 Feb 2013 08:57:11 -0000	1.11
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@

 
 /**
  * @author Jeremy McCormick <[log in to unmask]>

- * @version $Id: AbstractTestBeam.java,v 1.10 2010/12/03 01:21:39 jeremy Exp $

+ * @version $Id: AbstractTestBeam.java,v 1.11 2013/02/11 08:57:11 grefe Exp $

  */
 public abstract class AbstractTestBeam extends AbstractLayeredSubdetector
 {

@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@

 
         Element positionElem = node.getChild( "position" );
 

-        double posX = 0;
-        double posY = 0;
-        double posZ = 0;
-        if ( position != null )

+        if ( position == null )

         {

+            double posX = 0;
+            double posY = 0;
+            double posZ = 0;

             Attribute posAttrib = positionElem.getAttribute( "x" );
             if ( posAttrib != null )
             {

@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@

             {
                 posZ = posAttrib.getDoubleValue();
             }

+            this.position = new BasicHep3Vector( posX, posY, posZ );

         }

-
-        this.position = new BasicHep3Vector( posX, posY, posZ );

     }
 
     /**