diff --git a/PWGJE/DataModel/GammaJetAnalysisTree.h b/PWGJE/DataModel/GammaJetAnalysisTree.h
index 5fb142469a2..740c0749a38 100644
--- a/PWGJE/DataModel/GammaJetAnalysisTree.h
+++ b/PWGJE/DataModel/GammaJetAnalysisTree.h
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ namespace gjmcevent
 DECLARE_SOA_INDEX_COLUMN(GjEvent, gjevent);
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(Weight, weight, double);
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(Rho, rho, float);                              // gen level rho
+DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(PtHard, ptHard, float);                        // hard-scattering scale
 DECLARE_SOA_COLUMN(IsMultipleAssigned, isMultipleAssigned, bool); // if the corresponding MC collision matched to this rec collision was also matched to other rec collisions (allows to skip those on analysis level   )
 } // namespace gjmcevent
-DECLARE_SOA_TABLE(GjMCEvents, "AOD", "GJMCEVENT", gjmcevent::GjEventId, gjmcevent::Weight, gjmcevent::Rho, gjmcevent::IsMultipleAssigned)
+DECLARE_SOA_TABLE(GjMCEvents, "AOD", "GJMCEVENT", gjmcevent::GjEventId, gjmcevent::Weight, gjmcevent::Rho, gjmcevent::PtHard, gjmcevent::IsMultipleAssigned)
 // Information about EMCal clusters
 namespace gjgamma
 {
diff --git a/PWGJE/Tasks/gammaJetTreeProducer.cxx b/PWGJE/Tasks/gammaJetTreeProducer.cxx
index 732eb1f9106..8096c260dc3 100644
--- a/PWGJE/Tasks/gammaJetTreeProducer.cxx
+++ b/PWGJE/Tasks/gammaJetTreeProducer.cxx
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ struct GammaJetTreeProducer {
     if (std::find(mcCollisionsMultiRecCollisions.begin(), mcCollisionsMultiRecCollisions.end(), mcCollision.globalIndex()) != mcCollisionsMultiRecCollisions.end()) {
       isMultipleAssigned = true;
     }
-    mcEventsTable(eventsTable.lastIndex(), mcCollision.weight(), mcCollision.rho(), isMultipleAssigned);
+    mcEventsTable(eventsTable.lastIndex(), mcCollision.weight(), mcCollision.rho(), mcCollision.ptHard(), isMultipleAssigned);
   }
 
   // ---------------------