diff --git a/fitcenter.c b/fitcenter.c
index d042bd0a..dd73573e 100644
--- a/fitcenter.c
+++ b/fitcenter.c
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
 #include "scan.h"
 #include "fitcenter.h"
 #define THRESHOLD .1
+
+//Jing: Flag to smooth the scan data
+#define SMOOTHSCANDATA 
+
+float ggf1[] = {0.006, 0.061, 0.242, 0.383, 0.242, 0.061, 0.006};            // Gaussian Smooth Filter
+float ggf2[] = {0.1429, 0.1429, 0.1429, 0.1429, 0.1429, 0.1429, 0.1429};     // Mean Smooth Filter
+
+
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
   typedef struct __FitCenter {
                                pObjectDescriptor pDes;
@@ -70,7 +78,31 @@
       free(self->fAxis);
     }
     free(self);
- }     
+ }    
+
+
+/* Jing: smmoth the scan data */
+ void SmoothScanCounts(long *lData, int iDataLen)
+ {
+	int ind = (int) (sizeof(ggf1)/sizeof(float) - 1)/2;
+	long * pData = (long *)malloc(iDataLen * sizeof(long));
+
+	for(int i=0; i<iDataLen; i++) pData[i] = lData[i];
+
+	for(int i=0; i<iDataLen; i++){
+		lData[i] = pData[i] * ggf1[ind];
+		for(int j=1; j<=ind; j++){
+			if((i-j)>0)
+				lData[i] = pData[i-j] * ggf1[ind-j];
+			if((i+j)<iDataLen)
+				lData[i] = pData[i+j] * ggf1[ind+j];
+		}
+	}
+
+	free(pData);
+ }
+
+ 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
  static int Init(pFit self)
  {
@@ -98,6 +130,11 @@
     }
     
     GetScanCounts(self->pScan,self->lCounts, self->iNP);
+
+#ifdef SMOOTHSCANDATA  //Jing: Smoothe the scan data with a Gaussian filter
+    SmoothScanCounts(self->lCounts, self->iNP);
+#endif
+
     GetScanVar(self->pScan,0,self->fAxis,self->iNP);
     GetScanVarName(self->pScan,0,self->pName,131);