diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
index 940ff9dd..388df989 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 externalproject_add(mve
     GIT_REPOSITORY  https://github.com/simonfuhrmann/mve.git
-    GIT_TAG         2106a5b0aef61a7f744551510b1b4c5d8e3be594
+    GIT_TAG         fb942b4458dbf8490c9a4c6b81b9b9f57c593c0f
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
     SOURCE_DIR      ${SB_SOURCE_DIR}/elibs/mve
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/opendm/config.py b/opendm/config.py
index a1c0947a..5f84f168 100644
--- a/opendm/config.py
+++ b/opendm/config.py
@@ -423,14 +423,6 @@ def config():
                         help='DSM/DTM resolution in cm / pixel.'
                              '\nDefault: %(default)s')
 
-    parser.add_argument('--dem-maxangle',
-                        metavar='<positive float>',
-                        type=float,
-                        default=20,
-                        help='Points that are more than maxangle degrees off-nadir are discarded. '
-                             '\nDefault: '
-                             '%(default)s')
-
     parser.add_argument('--dem-maxsd',
                         metavar='<positive float>',
                         type=float,
diff --git a/opendm/dem/commands.py b/opendm/dem/commands.py
index 097425fb..1070488d 100644
--- a/opendm/dem/commands.py
+++ b/opendm/dem/commands.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def create_dems(filenames, demtype, radius=['0.56'], gapfill=False,
 
 
 def create_dem(filenames, demtype, radius, decimation=None,
-               maxsd=None, maxz=None, maxangle=None, returnnum=None,
+               maxsd=None, maxz=None,
                products=['idw'], outdir='', suffix='', verbose=False, resolution=0.1):
     """ Create DEM from collection of LAS files """
     start = datetime.now()
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def create_dem(filenames, demtype, radius, decimation=None,
     
     # A DSM for meshing does not use additional filters
     if demtype != 'mesh_dsm':
-        json = pdal.json_add_filters(json, maxsd, maxz, maxangle, returnnum)
+        json = pdal.json_add_filters(json, maxsd, maxz)
     
     if demtype == 'dsm':
         json = pdal.json_add_classification_filter(json, 2, equality='max')
diff --git a/scripts/odm_dem.py b/scripts/odm_dem.py
index 3e692c53..8592f8e5 100644
--- a/scripts/odm_dem.py
+++ b/scripts/odm_dem.py
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ class ODMDEMCell(ecto.Cell):
                             outdir=odm_dem_root,
                             resolution=resolution / 100.0,
                             maxsd=args.dem_maxsd,
-                            maxangle=args.dem_maxangle,
                             decimation=args.dem_decimation,
                             verbose=args.verbose,
                             max_workers=get_max_concurrency_for_dem(args.max_concurrency,tree.odm_georeferencing_model_laz)
diff --git a/scripts/run_opensfm.py b/scripts/run_opensfm.py
index 9746eb3b..d12c4baa 100644
--- a/scripts/run_opensfm.py
+++ b/scripts/run_opensfm.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import ecto
+import sys
 
 from opendm import log
 from opendm import io
@@ -135,6 +136,17 @@ class ODMOpenSfMCell(ecto.Cell):
                 log.ODM_WARNING('Found a valid OpenSfM reconstruction file in: %s' %
                                 tree.opensfm_reconstruction)
 
+            # Check that a reconstruction file has been created
+            if not io.file_exists(tree.opensfm_reconstruction):
+                log.ODM_ERROR("The program could not process this dataset using the current settings. "
+                                "Check that the images have enough overlap, "
+                                "that there are enough recognizable features "
+                                "and that the images are in focus. "
+                                "You could also try to increase the --min-num-features parameter."
+                                "The program will now exit.")
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+
             # Always export VisualSFM's reconstruction and undistort images
             # as we'll use these for texturing (after GSD estimation and resizing)
             if not args.ignore_gsd: