diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Common/mcCentrality.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Common/mcCentrality.cxx
index e7ccd4d59fb..a55ac09ef44 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Common/mcCentrality.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Common/mcCentrality.cxx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <Framework/OutputObjHeader.h>
 #include <Framework/runDataProcessing.h>
 
+#include <TFile.h>
 #include <TH1.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ struct McCentrality {
   Service<o2::framework::O2DatabasePDG> pdgDB;
   ConfigurableAxis binsPercentile{"binsPercentile", {VARIABLE_WIDTH, 0, 0.001, 0.01, 1.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 40.0, 50.0, 60.0, 70.0, 80.0, 90.0, 100.0}, "Binning of the percentile axis"};
   ConfigurableAxis binsMultiplicity{"binsMultiplicity", {1000, 0, 5000}, "Binning of the multiplicity axis"};
+  Configurable<bool> fillFt0M{"fillFt0M", true, "Fills the FT0M histogram"};
   Configurable<bool> fillFt0A{"fillFt0A", false, "Fills the FT0A histogram"};
   Configurable<bool> fillFt0C{"fillFt0C", false, "Fills the FT0C histogram"};
   Configurable<bool> doNotCrashOnNull{"doNotCrashOnNull", false, "If ccdb object does not exist, fill with dummy values"};
@@ -89,8 +91,11 @@ struct McCentrality {
 
     mCounter.mPdgDatabase = pdgDB.service;
     mCounter.mSelectPrimaries = selectPrimaries.value;
-    histos.add("FT0M/percentile", "FT0M percentile.", HistType::kTH1D, {{binsPercentile, "FT0M percentile"}});
-    histos.add("FT0M/percentilevsMult", "FT0M percentile.", HistType::kTH2D, {{binsPercentile, "FT0M percentile"}, {binsMultiplicity, "FT0M mult."}});
+
+    if (fillFt0M) {
+      histos.add("FT0M/percentile", "FT0M percentile.", HistType::kTH1D, {{binsPercentile, "FT0M percentile"}});
+      histos.add("FT0M/percentilevsMult", "FT0M percentile.", HistType::kTH2D, {{binsPercentile, "FT0M percentile"}, {binsMultiplicity, "FT0M mult."}});
+    }
     if (fillFt0A) {
       histos.add("FT0A/percentile", "FT0A percentile.", HistType::kTH1D, {{binsPercentile, "FT0A percentile"}});
       histos.add("FT0A/percentilevsMult", "FT0A percentile.", HistType::kTH2D, {{binsPercentile, "FT0A percentile"}, {binsMultiplicity, "FT0A mult."}});
@@ -139,9 +144,12 @@ struct McCentrality {
           LOG(fatal) << "Could not open histogram " << name << " from TList";
         }
       }
+      hist->SetDirectory(0);
       return hist;
     };
-    h1dFT0M = getHist("h1dFT0M");
+    if (fillFt0M) {
+      h1dFT0M = getHist("h1dFT0M");
+    }
     if (fillFt0A) {
       h1dFT0A = getHist("h1dFT0A");
     }
@@ -159,27 +167,26 @@ struct McCentrality {
     const float nFT0M = nFT0A + nFT0C;
     // const float nFV0A = mCounter.countFV0A(mcParticles);
 
-    float valueCentFT0M = 105.0f;
-    if (h1dFT0M)
-      valueCentFT0M = h1dFT0M->GetBinContent(h1dFT0M->FindBin(nFT0M));
+    if (fillFt0M) {
+      const float valueCentFT0M = h1dFT0M ? h1dFT0M->GetBinContent(h1dFT0M->FindBin(nFT0M)) : 105.0f;
+      centFT0M(valueCentFT0M);
+      histos.fill(HIST("FT0M/percentile"), valueCentFT0M);
+      histos.fill(HIST("FT0M/percentilevsMult"), valueCentFT0M, nFT0M);
+    }
     if (fillFt0A) {
-      float valueCentFT0A = 105.0f;
-      if (h1dFT0A)
-        valueCentFT0A = h1dFT0A->GetBinContent(h1dFT0A->FindBin(nFT0A));
+      const float valueCentFT0A = h1dFT0A ? h1dFT0A->GetBinContent(h1dFT0A->FindBin(nFT0A)) : 105.0f;
       centFT0A(valueCentFT0A);
+      histos.fill(HIST("FT0A/percentile"), valueCentFT0A);
+      histos.fill(HIST("FT0A/percentilevsMult"), valueCentFT0A, nFT0A);
     }
     if (fillFt0C) {
-      float valueCentFT0C = 105.0f;
-      if (h1dFT0C)
-        valueCentFT0C = h1dFT0C->GetBinContent(h1dFT0C->FindBin(nFT0C));
+      const float valueCentFT0C = h1dFT0C ? h1dFT0C->GetBinContent(h1dFT0C->FindBin(nFT0C)) : 105.0f;
       centFT0C(valueCentFT0C);
+      histos.fill(HIST("FT0C/percentile"), valueCentFT0C);
+      histos.fill(HIST("FT0C/percentilevsMult"), valueCentFT0C, nFT0C);
     }
     // const float valueCentFV0A = h1dFT0M->GetBinContent(h1dFT0M->FindBin(nFV0A));
-
-    centFT0M(valueCentFT0M);
     // centFV0A(valueCentFV0A);
-    histos.fill(HIST("FT0M/percentile"), valueCentFT0M);
-    histos.fill(HIST("FT0M/percentilevsMult"), valueCentFT0M, nFT0M);
   }
 };