diff --git a/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2 b/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2
index 20fc24a9..f8e22f61 100644
--- a/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2
+++ b/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ rescale: 2.0    # rescales the filtered std. dev. by "rescale"
 number of halo points: 4
 number of neighbors: 16
 simple smoothing:
-  horizontal iterations: 2
-  vertical iterations: 1
+  horizontal iterations: 0 
+  vertical iterations: 0
diff --git a/parm/aero/berror/aero_diffparm.yaml.j2 b/parm/aero/berror/aero_diffusionparm.yaml.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from parm/aero/berror/aero_diffparm.yaml.j2
rename to parm/aero/berror/aero_diffusionparm.yaml.j2