diff --git a/NewRadX/configuration.ccl b/NewRadX/configuration.ccl
index 02aa190b..c7ecf00a 100644
--- a/NewRadX/configuration.ccl
+++ b/NewRadX/configuration.ccl
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ REQUIRES Loop
 PROVIDES NewRadX
 {
 }
-
-REQUIRES NewRadX
diff --git a/Z4c/param.ccl b/Z4c/param.ccl
index aadc52a3..849de638 100644
--- a/Z4c/param.ccl
+++ b/Z4c/param.ccl
@@ -58,6 +58,46 @@ CCTK_REAL epsdiss "Dissipation coefficient <arXiv:gr-qc/0610128>" STEERABLE=alwa
 } 0.32
 
 KEYWORD boundary_conditions "boundary conditions"{
-  "radiative" :: "radiative boundary conditions using NewRadX"
-  "CarpetX"   :: "use CarpetX default boundary conditions"
+  "NewRadX" :: "radiative boundary conditions using NewRadX"
+  "CarpetX" :: "use CarpetX default boundary conditions"
 } "CarpetX"
+
+CCTK_INT n_chi "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for chi"
+{
+  0:2           :: "1 is reasonable"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_gammat "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for gammat_ij"
+{
+  0:2           :: "1 is reasonable"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_Kh "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for Kh"
+{
+  0:2           :: "Maybe 1?"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_At "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for At_ij"
+{
+  0:2           :: "Maybe 1?"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_Gamt "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for Gamt^i"
+{
+  0:2           :: "Maybe 1?"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_Theta "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for Theta"
+{
+  0:2           :: "Maybe 1?"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_alphaG "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for alpha"
+{
+  0:2           :: "1 is my guess"
+} 1
+
+CCTK_INT n_betaG "n power of outgoing boundary r^n fall off rate for beta"
+{
+  0:2           :: "1 is my guess"
+} 1
diff --git a/Z4c/schedule.ccl b/Z4c/schedule.ccl
index f1257291..b748ec45 100644
--- a/Z4c/schedule.ccl
+++ b/Z4c/schedule.ccl
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ SCHEDULE Z4c_RHS IN Z4c_RHSGroup
   SYNC: betaG_rhs
 } "Calculate Z4c RHS"
 
-if (CCTK_Equals(boundary_conditions, "radiative")) {
-  SCHEDULE apply_boundary_conditions IN Z4c_RHSGroup AFTER Z4c_RHS
+if (CCTK_Equals(boundary_conditions, "NewRadX")) {
+  SCHEDULE Z4c_apply_newradx_boundary_conditions IN Z4c_RHSGroup AFTER Z4c_RHS
   {
     LANG: C
     READS: chi(everywhere)
@@ -285,5 +285,5 @@ if (CCTK_Equals(boundary_conditions, "radiative")) {
     WRITES: Theta_rhs(interior)
     WRITES: alphaG_rhs(interior)
     WRITES: betaG_rhs(interior)
-  } "Apply NewRad boundary conditions to Z4c RHS variables"
+  } "Apply radiative boundary conditions to Z4c RHS variables using NewRadX"
 }
diff --git a/Z4c/src/apply_newrad.cxx b/Z4c/src/apply_newrad.cxx
index ec9d1b70..10dc9662 100644
--- a/Z4c/src/apply_newrad.cxx
+++ b/Z4c/src/apply_newrad.cxx
@@ -10,32 +10,32 @@ using namespace NewRadX;
 
 namespace Z4c {
 
-extern "C" void apply_boundary_conditions(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
-  DECLARE_CCTK_ARGUMENTSX_apply_boundary_conditions;
+extern "C" void Z4c_apply_newradx_boundary_conditions(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
+  DECLARE_CCTK_ARGUMENTSX_Z4c_apply_newradx_boundary_conditions;
   DECLARE_CCTK_PARAMETERS;
 
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, chi, chi_rhs, 1, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatxx, gammatxx_rhs, 1, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatxy, gammatxy_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatxz, gammatxz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatyy, gammatyy_rhs, 1, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatyz, gammatyz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatzz, gammatzz_rhs, 1, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Kh, Kh_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atxx, Atxx_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atxy, Atxy_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atxz, Atxz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atyy, Atyy_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atyz, Atyz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atzz, Atzz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Gamtx, Gamtx_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Gamty, Gamty_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Gamtz, Gamtz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Theta, Theta_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, alphaG, alphaG_rhs, 1, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, betaGx, betaGx_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, betaGy, betaGy_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
-  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, betaGz, betaGz_rhs, 0, 1, 1);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, chi, chi_rhs, 1, 1, n_chi);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatxx, gammatxx_rhs, 1, 1, n_gammat);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatxy, gammatxy_rhs, 0, 1, n_gammat);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatxz, gammatxz_rhs, 0, 1, n_gammat);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatyy, gammatyy_rhs, 1, 1, n_gammat);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatyz, gammatyz_rhs, 0, 1, n_gammat);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, gammatzz, gammatzz_rhs, 1, 1, n_gammat);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Kh, Kh_rhs, 0, 1, n_Kh);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atxx, Atxx_rhs, 0, 1, n_At);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atxy, Atxy_rhs, 0, 1, n_At);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atxz, Atxz_rhs, 0, 1, n_At);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atyy, Atyy_rhs, 0, 1, n_At);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atyz, Atyz_rhs, 0, 1, n_At);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Atzz, Atzz_rhs, 0, 1, n_At);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Gamtx, Gamtx_rhs, 0, 1, n_Gamt);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Gamty, Gamty_rhs, 0, 1, n_Gamt);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Gamtz, Gamtz_rhs, 0, 1, n_Gamt);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, Theta, Theta_rhs, 0, 1, n_Theta);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, alphaG, alphaG_rhs, 1, 1, n_alphaG);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, betaGx, betaGx_rhs, 0, 1, n_betaG);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, betaGy, betaGy_rhs, 0, 1, n_betaG);
+  NewRadX_Apply(cctkGH, betaGz, betaGz_rhs, 0, 1, n_betaG);
 }
 
 } // namespace Z4c
diff --git a/Z4c/test/qc0.par b/Z4c/test/qc0.par
index da484fe4..dfea077f 100644
--- a/Z4c/test/qc0.par
+++ b/Z4c/test/qc0.par
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Z4c::calc_constraints = yes
 Z4c::chi_floor = 1.0e-6
 Z4c::alphaG_floor = 1.0e-8
 Z4c::epsdiss = 0.32
-Z4c::boundary_conditions = "radiative"
+Z4c::boundary_conditions = "NewRadX"
 
 IO::out_dir = $parfile
 IO::out_every = 1
diff --git a/Z4c/test/qc0/performance.yaml b/Z4c/test/qc0/performance.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bf1b2e78..00000000
--- a/Z4c/test/qc0/performance.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-performance:
-  1:
-    evolution-seconds: 0.549288
-    evolution-compute-seconds: 0.542746
-    evolution-output-seconds: 0.00654221
-    evolution-cell-updates: 55296
-    evolution-iterations: 1
-  2:
-    evolution-seconds: 1.09821
-    evolution-compute-seconds: 1.0849
-    evolution-output-seconds: 0.0133092
-    evolution-cell-updates: 110592
-    evolution-iterations: 2
-  3:
-    evolution-seconds: 1.64971
-    evolution-compute-seconds: 1.62906
-    evolution-output-seconds: 0.0206463
-    evolution-cell-updates: 165888
-    evolution-iterations: 3
diff --git a/Z4c/test/test.ccl b/Z4c/test/test.ccl
deleted file mode 100644
index b983cf78..00000000
--- a/Z4c/test/test.ccl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#Following settings are adopted for all tests:
-
-NPROCS 1
-ABSTOL 1e-8
-RELTOL 1e-8