diff --git a/Mesh/meshPartition.cpp b/Mesh/meshPartition.cpp
index a0164a2cafaf33905ac25dab70501c131658bafb..2b7eb1f544c2b610253737d23eaee7b39261c1d0 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshPartition.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshPartition.cpp
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ int PartitionGraph(Graph &graph, meshPartitionOptions &options)
           metisOptions[2] = 1;
           metisOptions[3] = 1;
           metisOptions[4] = 0;
-          graph.fillWithMultipleWeights(options.ncon,options.getWeightMap());
+          graph.fillWithMultipleWeights(options.ncon,options.getWeightMapV(), options.getWeightMapE());
           METIS_mCPartGraphRecursive
             (&n,&options.ncon,&graph.xadj[graph.section[iSec]],
              &graph.adjncy[graph.section[iSec]], &graph.vwgts[graph.section[iSec]],  &graph.adjwgts[graph.section[iSec]], &wgtflag, &numflag,
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ int PartitionGraph(Graph &graph, meshPartitionOptions &options)
           metisOptions[3] = options.refine_algorithm;
           metisOptions[4] = 0;
           for(int u=0;u<options.ncon;u++){
-           ubvec[u]=1.03;
+           ubvec[u]=1.3;
           }
-          graph.fillWithMultipleWeights(options.ncon,options.getWeightMap());
+          graph.fillWithMultipleWeights(options.ncon,options.getWeightMapV(), options.getWeightMapE());
           if (options.num_partitions > 1) {
             METIS_mCPartGraphKway
               (&n,&options.ncon,&graph.xadj[graph.section[iSec]],
diff --git a/Mesh/meshPartitionObjects.h b/Mesh/meshPartitionObjects.h
index 53f67cdefef407ff0febc19b8b966554af70c253..ac3e203043f08d74ed99eaad5ba32013c8260f72 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshPartitionObjects.h
+++ b/Mesh/meshPartitionObjects.h
@@ -154,29 +154,6 @@ class Graph
     // Translated vertex numbers start from 1
     c2w[grVertMapIt->second.index] = i + 1;
   }
-  void computeLoads(int numParts, int numCon){
-    loads=new fullMatrix<int> (numParts,numCon);
-    for(int i=0; i<numParts;i++){
-      for(int j=0; j<partition.size(); j++){
-        if(partition[j]==i){
-          for(int k=0; k<numCon;k++){
-            (*loads)(i, k)+=vwgts[j*numCon+k];
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  void checkLoads(int numParts,  int numCon){
-    printf("******************************************************* \n");
-    for(int i=0; i<numParts;i++){
-      printf("------- PARTITION %d: [", i+1);
-      for(int j=0; j<numCon; j++){
-        printf(" %d", (*loads)(i, j));
-      }
-      printf("] -------\n");
-    }
-    printf("******************************************************* \n");
-  }
   void fillWeights(std::vector<int> wgts)
   {
     int num = 0;
@@ -186,7 +163,7 @@ class Graph
     }
   }
   // Add multiple weights on vertices of the graph given in a map between original element Numbers and their corresponding vector of weights 
-  void fillWithMultipleWeights(int ncon, std::map<int, std::vector<int> > weightMap)
+  void fillWithMultipleWeights(int ncon, std::map<int, std::vector<int> > vWeightMap, std::map<int, int> eWeightMap)
   {
     std::vector<MElement*>::iterator eIt;
     vwgts.resize(element.size()*ncon);
@@ -194,10 +171,10 @@ class Graph
     int localElNum=0;
     for(eIt=element.begin();eIt !=element.end();eIt++){
       for(int i=0; i<ncon; i++){
-        vwgts[localElNum*ncon+i]=weightMap[(*eIt)->getNum()][i+1];
+        vwgts[localElNum*ncon+i]=vWeightMap[(*eIt)->getNum()][i+1];
       }
       for(int j=xadj[localElNum];j<xadj[localElNum+1];j++){
-        adjwgts[j]+=weightMap[(*eIt)->getNum()][0];
+        adjwgts[j]+=eWeightMap[(*eIt)->getNum()];
       }
       localElNum+=1;
     }
diff --git a/Mesh/meshPartitionOptions.h b/Mesh/meshPartitionOptions.h
index a869cad6653278d038fb896bbfcc6ffa36915875..da7925039df38519b66dcd485d99456e4577419d 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshPartitionOptions.h
+++ b/Mesh/meshPartitionOptions.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class meshPartitionOptions
   
   // NODAL WEIGHT
   std::vector<int> nodalWeights;
-  std::map<int, std::vector<int> > weightMap;
+  std::map<int, std::vector<int> > vWeightMap;
+  std::map<int, int > eWeightMap;
   std::vector<int> tolerance;
     
  public:
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ class meshPartitionOptions
   int getNumOfPartitions(){ return num_partitions; }
   void setNumConstraints(int numConst){ ncon = numConst; }
   int getNumConstraints(){ return ncon; }
-  std::map<int, std::vector<int> > &getWeightMap(){ return weightMap; }
+  std::map<int, std::vector<int> > &getWeightMapV(){ return vWeightMap; }
+  std::map<int, int > &getWeightMapE(){ return eWeightMap; }
   void setDefaults()
   {
     partitioner = 2;