diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/FlexibleSolver.hpp b/opm/simulators/linalg/FlexibleSolver.hpp
index 657e0b9e2..205e94c90 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/FlexibleSolver.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/FlexibleSolver.hpp
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ private:
     {
         initOpPrecSp(matrix, prm, comm);
         initSolver(prm);
+	if(prm.get<int>("verbosity")>10){
+	    boost::property_tree::write_json("flexible_solver_options.json", prm);
+	}
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<AbstractOperatorType> linearoperator_;
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/OwningTwoLevelPreconditioner.hpp b/opm/simulators/linalg/OwningTwoLevelPreconditioner.hpp
index f198cfbd1..86402013f 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/OwningTwoLevelPreconditioner.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/OwningTwoLevelPreconditioner.hpp
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public:
                            finesmoother_,
                            levelTransferPolicy_,
                            coarseSolverPolicy_,
-                           transpose ? 1 : 0,
-                           transpose ? 0 : 1)
+                           prm.get<int>("pre_smooth"),
+                           prm.get<int>("post_smooth"))
         , prm_(prm)
     {
         if (prm.get<int>("verbosity") > 10) {
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/getTrueImpesWeights.hpp b/opm/simulators/linalg/getTrueImpesWeights.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6fada25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/getTrueImpesWeights.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2019 SINTEF Digital, Mathematics and Cybernetics.
+
+  This file is part of the Open Porous Media project (OPM).
+
+  OPM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  OPM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with OPM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OPM_GET_QUASI_IMPES_WEIGHTS_HEADER_INCLUDED
+#define OPM_GET_QUASI_IMPES_WEIGHTS_HEADER_INCLUDED
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+
+namespace Opm
+{
+
+namespace Details
+{
+    template <class DenseMatrix>
+    DenseMatrix transposeDenseMatrix(const DenseMatrix& M)
+    {
+        DenseMatrix tmp;
+        for (int i = 0; i < M.rows; ++i)
+            for (int j = 0; j < M.cols; ++j)
+                tmp[j][i] = M[i][j];
+
+        return tmp;
+    }
+} // namespace Details
+
+namespace Amg
+{
+            Vector getStorageWeights() const
+        {
+            Vector weights(rhs_->size());
+            BlockVector rhs(0.0);
+            rhs[pressureVarIndex] = 1.0;
+            int index = 0;
+            ElementContext elemCtx(simulator_);
+            const auto& vanguard = simulator_.vanguard();
+            auto elemIt = vanguard.gridView().template begin</*codim=*/0>();
+            const auto& elemEndIt = vanguard.gridView().template end</*codim=*/0>();
+            for (; elemIt != elemEndIt; ++elemIt) {
+                const Element& elem = *elemIt;
+                elemCtx.updatePrimaryStencil(elem);
+                elemCtx.updatePrimaryIntensiveQuantities(/*timeIdx=*/0);
+                Dune::FieldVector<Evaluation, numEq> storage;
+                unsigned threadId = ThreadManager::threadId();
+                simulator_.model().localLinearizer(threadId).localResidual().computeStorage(storage,elemCtx,/*spaceIdx=*/0, /*timeIdx=*/0);
+                Scalar extrusionFactor = elemCtx.intensiveQuantities(0, /*timeIdx=*/0).extrusionFactor();
+                Scalar scvVolume = elemCtx.stencil(/*timeIdx=*/0).subControlVolume(0).volume() * extrusionFactor;
+                Scalar storage_scale = scvVolume / elemCtx.simulator().timeStepSize();
+                MatrixBlockType block;
+                double pressure_scale = 50e5;
+                for (int ii = 0; ii < numEq; ++ii) {
+                    for (int jj = 0; jj < numEq; ++jj) {
+                        block[ii][jj] = storage[ii].derivative(jj)/storage_scale;
+                        if (jj == pressureVarIndex) {
+                            block[ii][jj] *= pressure_scale;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                BlockVector bweights;
+                MatrixBlockType block_transpose = Opm::transposeDenseMatrix(block);
+                block_transpose.solve(bweights, rhs);
+                bweights /= 1000.0; // given normal densities this scales weights to about 1.
+                weights[index] = bweights;
+                ++index;
+            }
+            return weights;
+        }
+
+    template <class Matrix, class Vector>
+    
+    void getQuasiImpesWeights(const Matrix& matrix, const int pressureVarIndex, const bool transpose, Vector& weights)
+    {
+        using VectorBlockType = typename Vector::block_type;
+        using MatrixBlockType = typename Matrix::block_type;
+        const Matrix& A = matrix;
+        VectorBlockType rhs(0.0);
+        rhs[pressureVarIndex] = 1.0;
+        const auto endi = A.end();
+        for (auto i = A.begin(); i != endi; ++i) {
+            const auto endj = (*i).end();
+            MatrixBlockType diag_block(0.0);
+            for (auto j = (*i).begin(); j != endj; ++j) {
+                if (i.index() == j.index()) {
+                    diag_block = (*j);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            VectorBlockType bweights;
+            if (transpose) {
+                diag_block.solve(bweights, rhs);
+            } else {
+                auto diag_block_transpose = Opm::Details::transposeDenseMatrix(diag_block);
+                diag_block_transpose.solve(bweights, rhs);
+            }
+            double abs_max = *std::max_element(
+                bweights.begin(), bweights.end(), [](double a, double b) { return std::fabs(a) < std::fabs(b); });
+            bweights /= std::fabs(abs_max);
+            weights[i.index()] = bweights;
+        }
+        // return weights;
+    }
+
+    template <class Matrix, class Vector>
+    Vector getQuasiImpesWeights(const Matrix& matrix, const int pressureVarIndex, const bool transpose)
+    {
+        Vector weights(matrix.N());
+        getQuasiImpesWeights(matrix, pressureVarIndex, transpose, weights);
+        return weights;
+    }
+
+} // namespace Amg
+
+} // namespace Opm
+
+#endif // OPM_GET_QUASI_IMPES_WEIGHTS_HEADER_INCLUDED