diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
index 626695cf..90f5ed1b 100755
--- a/src/Makevars
+++ b/src/Makevars
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # PKG_FFLAGS = -ffree-line-length-0 -fbacktrace -ffpe-trap=invalid,zero,overflow -O1 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -fbacktrace -fPIC -fmax-errors=1 -ggdb -fcheck=all
+# PKG_FFLAGS = -mtune=native  -fPIC  -g -O2  -c
 
 # C objects
 C_OBJS = wrappersc.o
diff --git a/src/interface_biosphere_biomee.mod.f90 b/src/interface_biosphere_biomee.mod.f90
index e0de141a..ca1c7076 100644
--- a/src/interface_biosphere_biomee.mod.f90
+++ b/src/interface_biosphere_biomee.mod.f90
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module md_interface_biomee
     type(outtype_steering)                                :: steering
     type(paramstype_siml)                                 :: params_siml
     real, dimension(:), allocatable                       :: fpc_grid   ! allocatable because we don't know number of PFTs a priori
-    type(paramstype_species), dimension(1:(MSPECIES+1))       :: params_species
+    type(paramstype_species), dimension((MSPECIES+1))       :: params_species
     type(paramtype_soil)                                  :: params_soil
     type(paramstype_tile)                                 :: params_tile
     type(inittype_cohort), dimension(MAX_INIT_COHORTS)    :: init_cohort