diff --git a/src/nam_ext_interface.c b/src/nam_ext_interface.c
index c53fe565ba2d54dc4601a2b5cc9cee12fe221c38..eddd27e8168fea1a70f3d6b57f341e0fdf8e3c74 100644
--- a/src/nam_ext_interface.c
+++ b/src/nam_ext_interface.c
@@ -398,7 +398,10 @@ ssize_t nam_get_max_bytes(nam_ext_allocation_t *ext_alloc)
 {
 	ssize_t rc;
 
-        rc = ext_alloc->max_bytes;
+
+	rc = ext_alloc->max_bytes;
+
+
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -698,7 +701,7 @@ int nam_restart(nam_cp_args_t *args)
 
 		}
 	}
-	sleep(3);
+
 	MPI_Barrier(comm);
 	//set all memory to unactive
 	extoll_reset_memory();
@@ -1166,7 +1169,7 @@ nam_ext_allocation_t *nam_alloc_cprs(int root, MPI_Comm comm)
 #ifndef ATEST
 		MPI_Allgather(&my_rank_global, 1, MPI_INT, ext_alloc->global_ranks, 1, MPI_INT, comm_local);
 #else
-		dummy_allgather(&my_rank_global, 1, MPI_INT, ext_alloc->global_ranks, comm);
+		dummy_allgather(&my_rank_global, 1, MPI_INT, ext_alloc->global_ranks, comm_local);
 #endif