diff --git a/src/smc.jl b/src/smc.jl
index 9cc9a87..8f95f07 100644
--- a/src/smc.jl
+++ b/src/smc.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 macro cthreads(condition::Symbol, loop) #does not work well because of #15276, but seems to work on Julia v0.7
     return esc(quote
         ($condition) && (Threads.@threads $loop; true) || ($loop; true)
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ function smc(
 - `mcmc_tol` - stopping condition for SMC, if the fraction of accepted particles drops below `mcmc_tol` the algorithm terminates.
 - `epstol` - stopping condition for SMC, if the adaptive cost threshold drops below `epstol` the algorithm has converged and thus it terminates.
 - `min_r_ess` - whenever the fractional effective sample size drops below `min_r_ess`, a systematic resampling step is performed.
+- `max_stretch` - the proposal distribution of `smc` is the stretch move of Foreman-Mackey et al. 2013, the larger the parameters the wider becomes the proposal distribution.
 - `verbose` - if set to `true`, enables verbosity.
 - `parallel` - if set to `true`, threaded parallelism is enabled, keep in mind that the cost function must be Thread-safe in such case.
 
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ function smc(
     epstol = 0.0,
     r_epstol = (1 - alpha) / 50,
     min_r_ess = 0.55,
+    max_stretch = 2.0,
     verbose::Bool = false,
     parallel::Bool = false,
 ) where {Tprior<:Distribution}
@@ -183,7 +184,8 @@ function smc(
             for (A,B) in ((s1,s2),(s2,s1))
                 new_p = map(A) do i
                     a = rand(rng,B)
-                    Z = sample_g(rng, 2.0)
+                    u = rand(rng)
+                    Z = (u * (sqrt(max_stretch) - sqrt(1 / max_stretch)) + sqrt(1 / max_stretch))^2
                     W = op(*, op(-, θs[i], θs[a]), Z)
                     (log(rand(rng)), op(+, θs[a], W), (Np - 1) * log(Z))
                 end
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ function smc(
 
     l = length(prior)
     P = map(x -> Particles(x), getindex.(θs, i) for i = 1:l)
+    length(P)==1 && (P=first(P))
     W = Particles(Ws[filter])
     (P = P, W = W, ϵ = ϵ)
 end
@@ -226,6 +229,13 @@ end
 export smc
 
 #=
+using KissABC
+pp=Normal(0,5)
+cc(x) = 50*(x+randn()*0.01-1)^2
+
+R=smc(pp,cc,verbose=true,alpha=0.95,nparticles=500).P
+
+
 using KissABC
 pp=Factored(Normal(0,5), Normal(0,5))
 cc((x,y)) = 50*(x+randn()*0.01-y^2)^2+(y-1+randn()*0.01)^2
@@ -257,7 +267,11 @@ function costfun((u1, p1); raw=false)
     sqrt(sum(abs2,[std(x)-2.2, median(x)-0.4]./[2.2,0.4]))
 end
 
-@time R=smc(Factored(Uniform(0,1), Uniform(0.5,1)), costfun, nparticles=100, M=1, verbose=true, alpha=0.6,epstol=0.01,parallel=true)
+@time R=smc(Factored(Uniform(0,1), Uniform(0.5,1)), costfun, nparticles=100, M=1, verbose=true,epstol=0.01,alpha=0.55,parallel=true)
+
+plan=ApproxPosterior(Factored(Uniform(0,1), Uniform(0.5,1)), costfun, 0.01)
+
+@time res = sample(plan, AIS(25),MCMCThreads(),25,4,discard_initial=2500)
 
 using PyPlot
 pygui(true)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 854cf70..0766f9a 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ end
     res = sample(abc, AIS(12), 500, discard_initial = 1000, progress = false)
 
     @test sim(res) ≈ 1.5
-    @test smc(pri, cost, epstol = 0.1).P[1] ≈ 0.707
+    @test smc(pri, cost, epstol = 0.1).P ≈ 0.707
 end
 
 @testset "Normal dist -> Dirac Delta inference, MCMCThreads" begin
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ end
         discard_initial = 5000,
         progress = false,
     )
-    ressmc = smc(prior, cost, nparticles = 2000, alpha = 0.99, epstol = 0.01).P[1]
+    ressmc = smc(prior, cost, nparticles = 2000, alpha = 0.99, epstol = 0.01).P
     testst(alg, r) = begin
         m = mean(abs, st(r) - st_n)
         println(":", alg, ": testing m = ", m)