diff --git a/pub/src/commands.cpp b/pub/src/commands.cpp
index 08da4081d73fd64b479bd53a91fc4639cc8e211a..40e4c53dd39b2ad24f6f098f95c78cd85d84144f 100644
--- a/pub/src/commands.cpp
+++ b/pub/src/commands.cpp
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ bool fridaCommand( string cmd )
             "  ry8  load spectra for two directions separately\n"
             "  ryd  load only spectra for two directions\n"
             "  ryo  load only spectra for open state\n"
+            "  ryc  raw counts (no normalization)\n"
             "  rs   load series of energy spectra\n"
             "  rs2  load also spectra for open state\n"
             ;
@@ -539,6 +540,8 @@ bool fridaCommand( string cmd )
         NRSSM::ReadSpec( 12 );
     } else if (cmd == "ryo") {
         NRSSM::ReadSpec( 9 );
+    } else if (cmd == "ryc") {
+        NRSSM::ReadSpec( 16 );
     } else if (cmd == "rs") {
         NRSSM::ReadSeries( 0 );
     } else if (cmd == "rs2") {
diff --git a/pub/src/rssm.cpp b/pub/src/rssm.cpp
index aa4a5cf63cd649c13cf3e9c122119f8dbddcc932..c4b646d8cc429c4dc2a5c444aee1d233fa45185f 100644
--- a/pub/src/rssm.cpp
+++ b/pub/src/rssm.cpp
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ void NRSSM::ReadSpec( int flag )
 //    2 save also chop histo
 //    4 save spectra also separately for both directions
 //    8 do not save regular spectrum
+//   16 no normalization
 
 {
     string file_f, name;
@@ -313,10 +314,13 @@ void NRSSM::ReadSpec( int flag )
             for( int iraw=0; iraw<raw[iolf].size(); iraw+=(1+ndet*2) ){
                 x = raw[iolf][iraw];
                 for ( int j=0; j<ndet; ++j ){
-                    tmeas = raw[iolf][iraw+1+ndet+j];
-                    if( tmeas<1 ) continue;
                     count = raw[iolf][iraw+1+j];
-                    olf[iolf]->VS(j)->push_xy( x, count/tmeas/tstep );
+                    if( !(flag&16) ){
+                        tmeas = raw[iolf][iraw+1+ndet+j];
+                        if( tmeas<1 ) continue;
+                        count /= (tmeas*tstep);
+                    }
+                    olf[iolf]->VS(j)->push_xy( x, count );
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -330,11 +334,14 @@ void NRSSM::ReadSpec( int flag )
             for( int iraw=0; iraw<nline; iraw+=(1+ndet*2) ){
                 x = raw[iolf0][iraw];
                 for ( int j=0; j<ndet; ++j ){
-                    tmeas = raw[iolf0][iraw+1+ndet+j] +
-                        raw[iolf1][iraw+1+ndet+j];
-                    if( tmeas<1 ) continue;
                     count = raw[iolf0][iraw+1+j] + raw[iolf1][iraw+1+j];
-                    olf[6+ichop]->VS(j)->push_xy( x, count/tmeas/tstep );
+                    if( !(flag&16) ){
+                        tmeas = raw[iolf0][iraw+1+ndet+j] +
+                            raw[iolf1][iraw+1+ndet+j];
+                        if( tmeas<1 ) continue;
+                        count /= (tmeas*tstep);
+                    }
+                    olf[6+ichop]->VS(j)->push_xy( x, count );
                 }
             }
         }