diff --git a/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/python/ClusterTask_cfi.py b/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/python/ClusterTask_cfi.py
index cdc3f7c68949c..5fb9b05d8bbb9 100644
--- a/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/python/ClusterTask_cfi.py
+++ b/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/python/ClusterTask_cfi.py
@@ -498,4 +498,3 @@
         )
     )
 )
-
diff --git a/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/src/ClusterTask.cc b/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/src/ClusterTask.cc
index ea0eb646ac566..f951df373c479 100644
--- a/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/src/ClusterTask.cc
+++ b/DQM/EcalMonitorTasks/src/ClusterTask.cc
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ namespace ecaldqm {
 
     edm::Handle<L1GlobalTriggerReadoutRecord> l1GTHndl;
     _evt.getByToken(L1GlobalTriggerReadoutRecordToken_, l1GTHndl);
+
+    if (!l1GTHndl.isValid()) {
+      edm::LogError("L1GlobalTriggerReadoutRecord")
+          << "Failed to retrieve L1GlobalTriggerReadoutRecord from the Event!";
+      return;  // Exit the function early if the handle is invalid
+    }
+
     DecisionWord const& dWord(l1GTHndl->decisionWord());
 
     //Ecal
diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/ecal_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/ecal_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
index 9b9d1cdb91d7f..7f172a5619742 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/ecal_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/ecal_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 ### Sequences ###
 
 process.ecalPreRecoSequence = cms.Sequence(process.bunchSpacingProducer + process.ecalDigis)
-process.ecalRecoSequence = cms.Sequence((process.ecalMultiFitUncalibRecHit+process.ecalDetIdToBeRecovered+process.ecalRecHit)+(process.simEcalTriggerPrimitiveDigis+process.gtDigis)+(process.hybridClusteringSequence+process.multi5x5ClusteringSequence))
+process.ecalRecoSequence = cms.Sequence((process.ecalMultiFitUncalibRecHit+process.ecalDetIdToBeRecovered+process.ecalRecHit)+(process.simEcalTriggerPrimitiveDigis+process.gtStage2Digis)+(process.hybridClusteringSequence+process.multi5x5ClusteringSequence))
 process.multi5x5ClusteringSequence = cms.Sequence(process.multi5x5BasicClustersCleaned+process.multi5x5SuperClustersCleaned+process.multi5x5BasicClustersUncleaned+process.multi5x5SuperClustersUncleaned+process.multi5x5SuperClusters)
 process.hybridClusteringSequence = cms.Sequence(process.cleanedHybridSuperClusters+process.uncleanedHybridSuperClusters+process.hybridSuperClusters+process.correctedHybridSuperClusters+process.uncleanedOnlyCorrectedHybridSuperClusters)