diff --git a/code/Makefile b/code/Makefile
index bdace0ca0..21f5057ca 100644
--- a/code/Makefile
+++ b/code/Makefile
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ LIBRARIES +=-liomp5
 endif
 endif
 
-#newstate
-ifeq "$(STATE)" "NEWH"
-INCLUDE_DIRS +=-DNEWSTATE
-endif
-
 ifdef STANDARD_CHECK
 STANDARD_CHECK_ifort =$(STANDARD_CHECK)
 STANDARD_CHECK_gfortran =$(STANDARD_CHECK)
diff --git a/code/lattice.f90 b/code/lattice.f90
index dbf0f9823..acf9df0f5 100644
--- a/code/lattice.f90
+++ b/code/lattice.f90
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ subroutine lattice_init
        lattice_VacancyDiffusion33(3,3,section) = IO_floatValue(line,positions,2_pInt)
      case ('vacancy_mobility')
        lattice_VacancyMobility(section) = IO_floatValue(line,positions,2_pInt)
-     case ('equilibrium_vacancy_concentration')
+     case ('vacancy_eqcv')
        lattice_equilibriumVacancyConcentration(section) = IO_floatValue(line,positions,2_pInt)
      end select
    endif
diff --git a/code/vacancy_generation.f90 b/code/vacancy_generation.f90
index f65e693df..8b8d35429 100644
--- a/code/vacancy_generation.f90
+++ b/code/vacancy_generation.f90
@@ -339,7 +339,10 @@ subroutine vacancy_generation_microstructure(Tstar_v, temperature, damage, subdt
 
  vacancyState(phase)%state(1,constituent) = &
    vacancyState(phase)%subState0(1,constituent) + &
-   subdt*vacancy_generation_freq(instance)*exp(-energyBarrier/(kB*Temperature))
+   subdt* &
+   damage*damage* &
+   vacancy_generation_freq(instance)* &
+   exp(-stressBarrier/(vacancy_generation_kBCoeff(instance)*temperature))
 
 end subroutine vacancy_generation_microstructure