diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Strangeness/strangenessbuilder.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Strangeness/strangenessbuilder.cxx
index 800b1105732..0cf07e8de4d 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Strangeness/strangenessbuilder.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Strangeness/strangenessbuilder.cxx
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ struct StrangenessBuilder {
         }
       }
 
-      if (!straHelper.buildV0Candidate(v0.collisionId, pvX, pvY, pvZ, posTrack, negTrack, posTrackPar, negTrackPar, v0.isCollinearV0, mEnabledTables[kV0Covs], true)) {
+      if (!straHelper.buildV0Candidate(v0.collisionId, pvX, pvY, pvZ, posTrack, negTrack, posTrackPar, negTrackPar, v0.isCollinearV0, mEnabledTables[kV0Covs], v0BuilderOpts.generatePhotonCandidates)) {
         products.v0dataLink(-1, -1);
         continue;
       }