From e0aae6a54b3e6053d2bcad6684821398c4203b5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: d-maclean <dmaclean@unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 23:32:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added check to skip mass loss-block for dt limits when
 METISSE is active

---
 src/cosmic/src/evolv2.f | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cosmic/src/evolv2.f b/src/cosmic/src/evolv2.f
index 608371bf2..29f37424c 100644
--- a/src/cosmic/src/evolv2.f
+++ b/src/cosmic/src/evolv2.f
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ SUBROUTINE evolv2(kstar,mass,tb,ecc,z,tphysf,
       do 504 , k = kmin,kmax
 *
          dms(k) = (dmr(k) - dmt(k))*dt
-         if(kstar(k).lt.10)then
+         if(using_METISSE.eq.0.and.kstar(k).lt.10)then
             dml = mass(k) - massc(k)
             if(dml.lt.dms(k))then
                dml = MAX(dml,2.d0*tiny)