diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_svd_bank b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_svd_bank
index f5441857dd2da098e7c70cd93c55c8b60def3627..391d9058de5d144e9b4d307334c46f3d85fbcf7f 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_svd_bank
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_svd_bank
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ parser = OptionParser(description = __doc__)
 parser.add_option("--flow", metavar = "Hz", type = "float", default = 40.0, help = "Set the template low-frequency cut-off (default = 40.0).")
 parser.add_option("--sample-rate", metavar = "Hz", type = "int", help = "Set the sample rate.  If not set, the sample rate will be based on the template frequency.  The sample rate must be at least twice the highest frequency in the templates. If provided it must be a power of two")
 parser.add_option("--identity-transform", action = "store_true", default = False, help = "Do not perform an SVD; instead, use the original templates as the analyzing templates.")
-parser.add_option("--append-time-reversed-template", action= "store_true", help = "A shortcut for appending time reversed template bank to the output file without manually adding --bank-type. (optional; cannot combined with --bank-type.)")
+parser.add_option("--append-time-reversed-template", action = "store_true", help = "A shortcut for appending time reversed template bank to the output file without manually adding --bank-type. (optional; cannot combined with --bank-type.)")
 parser.add_option("--bank-type", type= "string",  metavar = "N", action = "append", default = [], help = "Define the type of the template bank: is it used to produce signal candidates or it is used to produce noise candidate? Use 'noise_model' to indicate that it's for noise candidates or 'signal_model' to indicate for signal candidates (default). (optional; if provided, it must be as many as --template-bank).")
 parser.add_option("--padding", metavar = "pad", type = "float", default = 1.5, help = "Fractional amount to pad time slices.")
 parser.add_option("--svd-tolerance", metavar = "match", type = "float", default = 0.9995, help = "Set the SVD reconstruction tolerance (default = 0.9995).")
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral_pipe.py b/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral_pipe.py
index 9ed878719a246377a0abef714d1d9abfbd069b57..56fd681696e4916a6a5bd42c2f3b6e8e3ed1cbbb 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral_pipe.py
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral_pipe.py
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ def svd_layer(dag, jobs, parent_nodes, psd, bank_cache, options, seg, output_dir
 					if key[0] <= new_template_mchirp_dict['%04d' % (i+bin_offset,)][1] < key[1]:
 						options.autocorrelation_length = value
 
+
 				svdnode = dagparts.DAGNode(
 					jobs['svd'],
 					dag,
@@ -490,7 +491,6 @@ def svd_layer(dag, jobs, parent_nodes, psd, bank_cache, options, seg, output_dir
 						"svd-tolerance":options.tolerance,
 						"flow":options.flow[j],
 						"sample-rate":options.sample_rate,
-						"append-time-reversed-template":options.append_time_reversed_template,
 						"clipleft":clipleft,
 						"clipright":clipright,
 						"samples-min":options.samples_min[j],
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ def svd_layer(dag, jobs, parent_nodes, psd, bank_cache, options, seg, output_dir
 					input_cache_file_name = os.path.basename(svd_bank_name).replace(".xml.gz", ".cache"),
 					output_files = {"write-svd":svd_bank_name},
 				)
+				if options.append_time_reversed_temp:
+					svdnode.add_var_arg("--append-time-reversed-template")
 
 				# impose a priority to help with depth first submission
 				svdnode.set_priority(99)