diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.fcst b/parm/config/gfs/config.fcst
index 158ce8bc3e..d0459a7d84 100644
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.fcst
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.fcst
@@ -208,26 +208,27 @@ case ${imp_physics} in
         export ncld=2
         export nwat=6
 
+        export cal_pre=".false."
+        export random_clds=".false."
+        export effr_in=".true."
+        export lradar=".true."
+        export ttendlim="-999"
+        export sedi_semi=.true.
+        export decfl=10
+
         if [[ "$CCPP_SUITE" == "FV3_GFS_v17_p8_ugwpv1_mynn" || "$CCPP_SUITE" == "FV3_GFS_v17_p8_mynn" || "$CCPP_SUITE" == "FV3_GFS_v17_p8_c3_mynn" || 
               "$CCPP_SUITE" == "FV3_GFS_v17_p8_thompson" ]] ; then
+          #JKH  keep dt_inner $DELTIM/2 (75) if running aerosol-aware Thompson
+          export dt_inner=$((DELTIM/2))
           export ltaerosol=".true."
           export FIELD_TABLE="$HOMEgfs/parm/ufs/fv3/field_table_thompson_aero_tke${tbp}"
         else
+          export dt_inner=$((DELTIM/2))
+          if [[ "${sedi_semi}" == .true. ]]; then export dt_inner=${DELTIM} ; fi
           export ltaerosol=".false."
           export FIELD_TABLE="${HOMEgfs}/parm/ufs/fv3/field_table_thompson_noaero_tke${tbp}"
         fi
 
-        export cal_pre=".false."
-        export random_clds=".false."
-        export effr_in=".true."
-        export lradar=".true."
-        export ttendlim="-999"
-        export dt_inner=$((DELTIM/2))
-        export sedi_semi=.true.
-        #JKH  keep dt_inner $DELTIM/2 (75) even if sedi_semi is set to .true.
-#JKH        if [[ "${sedi_semi}" == .true. ]]; then export dt_inner=${DELTIM} ; fi
-        export decfl=10
-
         export hord_mt_nh_nonmono=5
         export hord_xx_nh_nonmono=5
         export vtdm4_nh_nonmono=0.02