diff --git a/makie_post_processing/makie_post_processing/src/makie_post_processing.jl b/makie_post_processing/makie_post_processing/src/makie_post_processing.jl
index 65a9ab301..00ccbe3fd 100644
--- a/makie_post_processing/makie_post_processing/src/makie_post_processing.jl
+++ b/makie_post_processing/makie_post_processing/src/makie_post_processing.jl
@@ -1004,6 +1004,10 @@ function plots_for_variable(run_info, variable_name; plot_prefix, has_rdim=true,
             all(ri.collisions.krook_collisions_option == "none" for ri ∈ run_info)
         # No Krook collisions active, so do not make plots.
         return nothing
+    elseif variable_name ∈ union(electron_moment_variables, electron_source_variables, electron_dfn_variables) &&
+            all(ri.composition.electron_physics ∈ (boltzmann_electron_response, boltzmann_electron_response_with_simple_sheath)
+                for ri ∈ run_info)
+        return nothing
     end
 
     println("Making plots for $variable_name")
diff --git a/moment_kinetics/src/electron_fluid_equations.jl b/moment_kinetics/src/electron_fluid_equations.jl
index 1ddc44046..1b92038c5 100644
--- a/moment_kinetics/src/electron_fluid_equations.jl
+++ b/moment_kinetics/src/electron_fluid_equations.jl
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ function calculate_electron_upar_from_charge_conservation!(upar_e, updated, dens
                 # convert from parallel particle flux to parallel particle density
                 upar_e[iz,ir] /= dens_e[iz,ir]
             end
+        else
+            begin_r_z_region()
+            @loop_r_z ir iz begin
+                upar_e[iz,ir] = upar_i[iz,ir,1]
+            end
         end
         updated[] = true
     end
diff --git a/moment_kinetics/src/initial_conditions.jl b/moment_kinetics/src/initial_conditions.jl
index 2549e07f4..ea9fc5f92 100644
--- a/moment_kinetics/src/initial_conditions.jl
+++ b/moment_kinetics/src/initial_conditions.jl
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function initialize_electrons!(pdf, moments, fields, geometry, composition, r, z
         # Not restarting, so create initial profiles
 
         # initialise the electron thermal speed profile
-        init_electron_vth!(moments.electron.vth, moments.ion.vth, composition.T_e, composition.me_over_mi, z.grid)
+        init_electron_vth!(moments.electron.vth, moments.ion.vth, composition, z.grid)
         begin_r_z_region()
         # calculate the electron temperature from the thermal speed
         @loop_r_z ir iz begin
@@ -1063,14 +1063,18 @@ initialise the electron thermal speed profile.
 for now the only initialisation option for the temperature is constant in z.
 returns vth0 = sqrt(2*Ts/Te)
 """
-function init_electron_vth!(vth_e, vth_i, T_e, me_over_mi, z)
+function init_electron_vth!(vth_e, vth_i, composition, z)
     begin_r_z_region()
-    # @loop_r_z ir iz begin
-    #     vth_e[iz,ir] = sqrt(T_e)
-    # end
-    @loop_r_z ir iz begin
-        vth_e[iz,ir] = vth_i[iz,ir,1] / sqrt(me_over_mi)
-        #vth_e[iz,ir] = exp(-5*(z[iz]/z[end])^2)/sqrt(me_over_mi)
+    if composition.electron_physics ∈ (boltzmann_electron_response,
+                                       boltzmann_electron_response_with_simple_sheath)
+        @loop_r_z ir iz begin
+            vth_e[iz,ir] = sqrt(composition.T_e / composition.me_over_mi)
+        end
+    else
+        @loop_r_z ir iz begin
+            vth_e[iz,ir] = vth_i[iz,ir,1] / sqrt(composition.me_over_mi)
+            #vth_e[iz,ir] = exp(-5*(z[iz]/z[end])^2)/sqrt(composition.me_over_mi)
+        end
     end
 end