diff --git a/1_preprocessing/gtSetup_Utils/gtLoadAcquisitionXML.m b/1_preprocessing/gtSetup_Utils/gtLoadAcquisitionXML.m
index 2e8bb59fb68230eef2599296a9a3d8e0f86236d9..550e4202112c7c25eea21bd8c16ca35e893e71a8 100644
--- a/1_preprocessing/gtSetup_Utils/gtLoadAcquisitionXML.m
+++ b/1_preprocessing/gtSetup_Utils/gtLoadAcquisitionXML.m
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ function acq = gtLoadAcquisitionXML(xmlfname, interactive)
         acq.date          = tmpxml.date;
         acq.xdet          = tmpxml.projectionSize.DIM_1; % pixels
         acq.ydet          = tmpxml.projectionSize.DIM_2; % pixels
-        acq.nproj         = tmpxml.tomo_N/2;
+        acq.nproj         = tmpxml.tomo_N / 2;
         acq.refon         = tmpxml.ref_On;
         acq.nref          = tmpxml.ref_N;
         acq.ndark         = tmpxml.dark_N;
-        acq.pixelsize     = tmpxml.pixelSize/1000; % mm
+        acq.pixelsize     = tmpxml.pixelSize / 1000; % mm
         acq.count_time    = tmpxml.ccdtime;
         acq.energy        = tmpxml.energy; % keV
         acq.dist          = tmpxml.distance; % mm
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ function acq = gtLoadAcquisitionXML(xmlfname, interactive)
         end
         acq.detroi_v_off  = tmpxml.projectionSize.ROW_BEG;
         acq.detroi_u_off  = tmpxml.projectionSize.COL_BEG;
+
+        motors_xml = tmpxml.listMotors.motor;
+        for ii_m = 1:numel(motors_xml)
+            m = motors_xml(ii_m);
+            val = m.motorPosition.CONTENT;
+            unit = m.motorPosition.ATTRIBUTE.unit;
+            acq.motors.(m.motorName) = convert_to_mm_or_deg(val, unit);
+        end
     else %if .xml not found
         if interactive
             disp('No .xml file found!');
@@ -62,5 +70,19 @@ function acq = gtLoadAcquisitionXML(xmlfname, interactive)
         acq.detroi_u_off  = 0;
         acq.detroi_v_off  = 0;
     end
-    
-end % end of function
+end
+
+function x = convert_to_mm_or_deg(x, unit)
+    switch(lower(unit))
+        case 'm'
+            x = 1e3 * x;
+        case {'mm', 'deg'}
+        case 'um'
+            x = 1e-3 * x;
+        case 'nm'
+            x = 1e-6 * x;
+        case 'rad'
+            x = x * 180 / pi;
+    end
+end
+
diff --git a/zUtil_Parameters/build_list_v2.m b/zUtil_Parameters/build_list_v2.m
index 3649440cb38fd0432baa043847dfddf43029322c..42a0bbdb3b7c4171ac3204afd52b73d07ad132e5 100644
--- a/zUtil_Parameters/build_list_v2.m
+++ b/zUtil_Parameters/build_list_v2.m
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ list.acq(end+1, :) = {'maxradius', ...
     '[Computed] Maximum active radius of the detector, for example in case of vignetting', 'double', 0};
 list.acq(end+1, :) = {'online', ...
     'Is the analysis online?', 'logical', 1};
+list.acq(end+1, :) = {'motors', ...
+    'Scan motor information', 'struct', 2};
+list.acq(end+1, :) = {'sample_tilts', ...
+    'Sample tilts (samr): y, x (in order)', 'double', 2};
+list.acq(end+1, :) = {'sample_shifts', ...
+    'Sample shifts (samt): x, y, z (in order)', 'double', 2};
+list.acq(end+1, :) = {'nproj_basetilt', ...
+    'Topotomo number of basetilt steps', 'double', 2};
+list.acq(end+1, :) = {'range_basetilt', ...
+    'Topotomo basetilt range', 'double', 2};
+list.acq(end+1, :) = {'pl_ind', ...
+    'Topotomo plane normal index, with respect to first acquisition', 'double', 2};
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%