diff --git a/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_builder.py b/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_builder.py
index 768fc3a7..f087099b 100644
--- a/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_builder.py
+++ b/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_builder.py
@@ -514,8 +514,9 @@ def build_events(self, packets, unix_ts, mc_assn=None):
         if self.trig_io_grp != [-1]:
             iog_masks = [packets['io_group'] == iog for iog in self.trig_io_grp]
             trig_mask &= np.logical_or.reduce(iog_masks)
+        
         trigger_idcs = np.where(trig_mask)[0]
-
+            
         events = []
         event_unix_ts = []
         event_mc_assn = [] if mc_assn is not None else None
diff --git a/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_generator.py b/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_generator.py
index 45b8a055..2001ee9d 100644
--- a/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_generator.py
+++ b/src/proto_nd_flow/reco/charge/raw_event_generator.py
@@ -447,6 +447,16 @@ def next(self):
         if self.is_mc:
             mc_assn = mc_assn[mask]
 
+        pkts_indices = np.arange(len(packet_buffer))
+        trig_mask = packet_buffer['packet_type'] == 7
+        trig_ts = packet_buffer['timestamp'][trig_mask]
+
+        # handle when there are duplicate triggers -- specifically designed to handle the 2x2 run2 problem where repeat pulses have precisely 3 ticks between them
+        ts_diff = np.diff(trig_ts)
+        if np.any(ts_diff == 3):
+            trigger_idcs = np.concatenate(([0], np.where(ts_diff != 3)[0]+1))
+            packet_buffer = packet_buffer[(packet_buffer['packet_type'] != 7) | np.isin(pkts_indices, pkts_indices[trig_mask][trigger_idcs])]
+            
         # find unix timestamp groups
         ts_mask = packet_buffer['packet_type'] == 4
         ts_grps = np.split(packet_buffer, np.argwhere(ts_mask).ravel())