diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadDetectorInfo.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadDetectorInfo.h
index c43254191aa8..c85cbb505054 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadDetectorInfo.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadDetectorInfo.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class DLLExport LoadDetectorInfo : public API::Algorithm
   void readLibisisNXS(::NeXus::File *hFile, std::vector<detectorInfo> &detStruct,std::vector<int32_t>&detType,std::vector<float> &detOffset,std::vector<detid_t> &detList);
   void readDetDotDatNXS(::NeXus::File *hFile, std::vector<detectorInfo> &detStruct,std::vector<int32_t>&detType,std::vector<float> &detOffset,std::vector<detid_t> &detList);
 
-  void setDetectorParams(const detectorInfo &params, detectorInfo &changed);
+  void setDetectorParams(const detectorInfo &params, detectorInfo &changed,bool doLogging=true);
   void adjDelayTOFs(double lastOffset, bool &differentDelays, const std::vector<detid_t> &detectIDs=std::vector<detid_t>(), const std::vector<float> &delays=std::vector<float>());
   void adjDelayTOFs(double lastOffset, bool &differentDelays, const detid_t * const detectIDs, const float * const delays, int numDetectors);
   void adjustXs(const std::vector<detid_t> &detIDs, const std::vector<float> &offsets);
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadDetectorInfo.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadDetectorInfo.cpp
index b88cc8c52ac8..20c6d6833330 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadDetectorInfo.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadDetectorInfo.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readRAW(const std::string& fName)
 *  @param change :: if the parameters are successfully changed they are stored here
 *  @throw NotFoundError if a pointer to the specified detector couldn't be retrieved
 */
-void LoadDetectorInfo::setDetectorParams(const detectorInfo &params, detectorInfo &change)
+void LoadDetectorInfo::setDetectorParams(const detectorInfo &params, detectorInfo &change,bool doLogging)
 {
   Geometry::IDetector_const_sptr det = m_instrument->getDetector(params.detID);
   // Set the detectors pressure.
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::setDetectorParams(const detectorInfo &params, detectorInf
 
 
   // this operation has been successful if we are here, the following information is useful for logging
-  change = params;
+  if(doLogging)
+    change = params;
 }
 
 /** Decides if the bin boundaries for all non-monitor spectra will be the same and runs the appropriate
@@ -847,10 +848,10 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readNXS(const std::string& fName)
 
   bool noneSet = true;
   size_t detectorProblemCount(0);
-  PRAGMA(omp parallel for reduction(|| : differentOffsets)) 
+  //PRAGMA(omp parallel for reduction(|| : differentOffsets)) 
   for(int i=0;i<int(nDetectors);i++)
   {
-     PARALLEL_START_INTERUPT_REGION
+    // PARALLEL_START_INTERUPT_REGION
 
     // check we have a supported code
     switch (detType[i])
@@ -861,7 +862,7 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readNXS(const std::string& fName)
 
     // the following detectors codes specify little or no analysis
     case MONITOR_DEVICE :
-      PARALLEL_CRITICAL(different_mon_offset)
+      //PARALLEL_CRITICAL(different_mon_offset)
       {
         // throws invalid_argument if the detection delay time is different for different monitors
         noteMonitorOffset(detOffset[i], detStruct[i].detID);
@@ -874,7 +875,7 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readNXS(const std::string& fName)
 
     //we can't use data for detectors with other codes because we don't know the format, ignore the data and write to g_log.warning() once at the end
     default :
-      PARALLEL_CRITICAL(problem_detector)
+      //PARALLEL_CRITICAL(problem_detector)
       {
         detectorProblemCount ++;
         g_log.debug() << "Ignoring data for a detector with code " << detType[i] << std::endl;
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readNXS(const std::string& fName)
     {// could mean different detectors have different offsets and we need to do things thoroughly
       if ( detectorOffset ==  UNSETOFFSET ) 
       {
-        PARALLEL_CRITICAL(det_offset)
+       // PARALLEL_CRITICAL(det_offset)
         {
           if(detectorOffset ==  UNSETOFFSET) detectorOffset = detOffset[i];
           if(detOffset[i] != detectorOffset) differentOffsets=true;
@@ -907,11 +908,11 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readNXS(const std::string& fName)
       bool exception(false);
       try
       {
-        setDetectorParams(detStruct[i], log);
+        setDetectorParams(detStruct[i], log,false);
       }
       catch (Exception::NotFoundError &)
       {// there are likely to be some detectors that we can't find in the instrument definition and we can't save parameters for these. We can't do anything about this just report the problem at the end
-        PARALLEL_CRITICAL(non_existing_detector)
+        //PARALLEL_CRITICAL(non_existing_detector)
         {
           missingDetectors.push_back(detStruct[i].detID);
         }
@@ -925,18 +926,19 @@ void LoadDetectorInfo::readNXS(const std::string& fName)
 
     if ( i % 100 == 0 )
     {	
-        //PARALLEL_CRITICAL(logging)
+       // PARALLEL_CRITICAL(logging)
         {
-            sometimesLogSuccess(log, noneSet);
+            log = detStruct[i];
+            //sometimesLogSuccess(log, noneSet);
             progress(static_cast<double>(i));
             interruption_point();
         }
     }
     
     }
-   PARALLEL_END_INTERUPT_REGION
+   //PARALLEL_END_INTERUPT_REGION
   }
-  PARALLEL_CHECK_INTERUPT_REGION
+  //PARALLEL_CHECK_INTERUPT_REGION
 
   sometimesLogSuccess(log, noneSet = true);
   g_log.notice() << "Adjusting time of flight X-values by detector delay times, detector have the different offsets:  "<< differentOffsets << std::endl;
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadDetectorInfoTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadDetectorInfoTest.h
index 2c6ad99ed6a5..ba4f3b9e0be8 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadDetectorInfoTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadDetectorInfoTest.h
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ class LoadDetectorInfoTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
       if ( code[j] == "3" )
       {
         TS_ASSERT(par);
+        if(!par)return;
         if (singleWallPressure)
         {
           TS_ASSERT_DELTA(par->value<double>(),boost::lexical_cast<double>(pressure[j]),1.e-3);       
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ class LoadDetectorInfoTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
 
         par = pmap.get(baseComp,"wallT(m)");
         TS_ASSERT(par);
+        if(!par)return;
         if(singleWallPressure)
         {
           if(j<3)TS_ASSERT_DELTA(par->value<double>(), boost::lexical_cast<double>(wallThick[j]),1.e-3);