diff --git a/monomial/ndrat_monomial.c b/monomial/ndrat_monomial.c
index 81cc33b27..6d5654c1f 100644
--- a/monomial/ndrat_monomial.c
+++ b/monomial/ndrat_monomial.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void nd_set_global_parameter(monomial * const mnl) {
   boundary(g_kappa);
   phmc_cheb_evmin = mnl->EVMin;
   phmc_invmaxev = mnl->EVMaxInv;
-  phmc_cheb_evmax = 1.;
+  phmc_cheb_evmax = mnl->EVMax;
   phmc_Cpol = 1.;
   // used for preconditioning in cloverdetrat
   g_mu3 = 0.;
@@ -325,30 +325,36 @@ double ndrat_acc(const int id, hamiltonian_field_t * const hf) {
 
 int init_ndrat_monomial(const int id) {
   monomial * mnl = &monomial_list[id];  
-
-  mnl->EVMin = mnl->StildeMin / mnl->StildeMax;
-  mnl->EVMax = 1.;
-  mnl->EVMaxInv = 1./(sqrt(mnl->StildeMax));
+  int scale = 0;
 
   if(mnl->type == RAT || mnl->type == CLOVERRAT ||
-     mnl->type == RATCOR || mnl->type == CLOVERRATCOR) {
-    init_rational(&mnl->rat, 1);
-
-    if(init_chi_spinor_field(VOLUMEPLUSRAND/2, (mnl->rat.np+2)/2) != 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Not enough memory for Chi fields! Aborting...\n");
-      exit(0);
-    }
-  }
-  else {
-    init_rational(&mnl->rat, 0);
+     mnl->type == RATCOR || mnl->type == CLOVERRATCOR) 
+    scale = 1;
+
+  if(scale) {
+    // When scale = 1 
+    //   the rational approximation is done for the standard operator 
+    //   which have eigenvalues between EVMin and EVMax.  Indeed the 
+    //   parameters of the rational approximation are scaled. Thus 
+    //   additional scaling of the operator (EVMaxInv) is not required.
+    mnl->EVMin = mnl->StildeMin;
+    mnl->EVMax = mnl->StildeMax;
+    mnl->EVMaxInv = 1.;
+  } else {
+    // When scale = 0 
+    //   the rational approximation is done for the normalized operator 
+    //   which have eigenvalues between EVMin/EVMax and 1. Thus the 
+    //   operator need to be scaled by EVMaxInv=1/EVMax.
     mnl->EVMin = mnl->StildeMin / mnl->StildeMax;
     mnl->EVMax = 1.;
-    mnl->EVMaxInv = 1./(sqrt(mnl->StildeMax));
-    
-    if(init_chi_spinor_field(VOLUMEPLUSRAND/2, (mnl->rat.np+1)) != 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Not enough memory for Chi fields! Aborting...\n");
-      exit(0);
-    }
+    mnl->EVMaxInv = 1./sqrt(mnl->StildeMax);
+  }
+
+  init_rational(&mnl->rat, scale);
+
+  if(init_chi_spinor_field(VOLUMEPLUSRAND/2, (mnl->rat.np+2)/2) != 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Not enough memory for Chi fields! Aborting...\n");
+    exit(0);
   }
 
   return(0);
diff --git a/phmc.c b/phmc.c
index d3a46d691..880c9f11c 100644
--- a/phmc.c
+++ b/phmc.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void phmc_compute_ev(const int trajectory_counter,
 	   mnl->name, trajectory_counter, temp2);
   }
   if(g_proc_id == 0) {
-    if(temp2 > 1.) {
+    if(temp2 > mnl->EVMax) {
       fprintf(stderr, "\nWarning: largest eigenvalue for monomial %s larger than upper bound!\n\n", mnl->name);
     }
     if(temp < mnl->EVMin) {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void phmc_compute_ev(const int trajectory_counter,
     }
     countfile = fopen(phmcfilename, "a");
     fprintf(countfile, "%.8d %1.5e %1.5e %1.5e %1.5e\n", 
-	    trajectory_counter, temp, temp2, mnl->EVMin, 1.);
+	    trajectory_counter, temp, temp2, mnl->EVMin, mnl->EVMax);
     fclose(countfile);
   }
   etime = gettime();