diff --git a/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/Digits2Raw.cxx b/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/Digits2Raw.cxx
index 0bed37004a11b..5386187301260 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/Digits2Raw.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/Digits2Raw.cxx
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ void Digits2Raw::init()
   // Interaction Record
   int ilink = 0;
   uint64_t feeID = getFEEIDIR();
-  std::string outFileLink0 = mOutputPerLink ? fmt::format("{}{}_feeid{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName, feeID) : fmt::format("{}{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName, feeID);
+  std::string outFileLink0 = mOutputPerLink ? fmt::format("{}{}_feeid{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName, feeID) : fmt::format("{}{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName);
   mWriter.registerLink(feeID, mCruID, ilink, mEndPointID, outFileLink0);
   // Trigger Class record
   ilink = 1;
   feeID = getFEEIDTC();
-  std::string outFileLink1 = mOutputPerLink ? fmt::format("{}{}_feeid{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName, feeID) : fmt::format("{}{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName, feeID);
+  std::string outFileLink1 = mOutputPerLink ? fmt::format("{}{}_feeid{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName, feeID) : fmt::format("{}{}.raw", outd, mCTPRawDataFileName);
   mWriter.registerLink(feeID, mCruID, ilink, mEndPointID, outFileLink1);
   // ilink = 2: HBMap, Counters - tbd
   mWriter.setEmptyPageCallBack(this);
diff --git a/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/digi2raw.cxx b/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/digi2raw.cxx
index 49d6271388cb3..abb4079d56940 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/digi2raw.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/CTP/simulation/src/digi2raw.cxx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "DataFormatsParameters/GRPObject.h"
 namespace bpo = boost::program_options;
 
-void digi2raw(const std::string& inpName, const std::string& outDir, int verbosity, bool filePerLink, uint32_t rdhV = 4, bool noEmptyHBF = false,
+void digi2raw(const std::string& inpName, const std::string& outDir, int verbosity, const std::string& fileForLink, uint32_t rdhV = 4, bool noEmptyHBF = false,
               int superPageSizeInB = 1024 * 1024);
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     add_option("verbosity,v", bpo::value<int>()->default_value(0), "verbosity level");
     //    add_option("input-file,i", bpo::value<std::string>()->default_value(o2::base::NameConf::getDigitsFileName(o2::detectors::DetID::CTP)),"input CTP digits file"); // why not used?
     add_option("input-file,i", bpo::value<std::string>()->default_value("ctpdigits.root"), "input CTP digits file");
-    add_option("file-per-link,l", bpo::value<bool>()->default_value(false)->implicit_value(true), "create output file per CRU (default: per layer)");
+    add_option("file-for,f", bpo::value<std::string>()->default_value("all"), "single file per: all,link,cru");
     add_option("output-dir,o", bpo::value<std::string>()->default_value("./"), "output directory for raw data");
     uint32_t defRDH = o2::raw::RDHUtils::getVersion<o2::header::RAWDataHeader>();
     add_option("rdh-version,r", bpo::value<uint32_t>()->default_value(defRDH), "RDH version to use");
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   digi2raw(vm["input-file"].as<std::string>(),
            vm["output-dir"].as<std::string>(),
            vm["verbosity"].as<int>(),
-           vm["file-per-link"].as<bool>(),
+           vm["file-for"].as<std::string>(),
            vm["rdh-version"].as<uint32_t>(),
            vm["no-empty-hbf"].as<bool>());
 
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   return 0;
 }
 
-void digi2raw(const std::string& inpName, const std::string& outDir, int verbosity, bool filePerLink, uint32_t rdhV, bool noEmptyHBF, int superPageSizeInB)
+void digi2raw(const std::string& inpName, const std::string& outDir, int verbosity, const std::string& fileForLink, uint32_t rdhV, bool noEmptyHBF, int superPageSizeInB)
 {
   TStopwatch swTot;
   swTot.Start();
   o2::ctp::Digits2Raw m2r;
-  m2r.setFilePerLink(filePerLink);
+  m2r.setFilePerLink(fileForLink == "link");
   m2r.setVerbosity(verbosity);
   auto& wr = m2r.getWriter();
   std::string inputGRP = o2::base::NameConf::getGRPFileName();
diff --git a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/CMakeLists.txt b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/CMakeLists.txt
index 69aef2902e1e4..bfa962311c910 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ o2_add_library(CTPWorkflow
                                      O2::CTPWorkflowIO)
 o2_add_executable(reco-workflow
                   COMPONENT_NAME ctp
-                  SOURCES src/ctp-reco-workflow.cxx
+                  SOURCES src/ctp-raw-decoder.cxx
                   PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2::Algorithm
                                         O2::CTPWorkflow)
 
 o2_add_executable(entropy-encoder-workflow
                   COMPONENT_NAME ctp
                   SOURCES src/entropy-encoder-workflow.cxx
-                  PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2::CTPWorkflow)
\ No newline at end of file
+                  PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2::CTPWorkflow)
diff --git a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/include/CTPWorkflow/RecoWorkflow.h b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/include/CTPWorkflow/RecoWorkflow.h
index 9a4826e64102e..e243a4b810495 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/include/CTPWorkflow/RecoWorkflow.h
+++ b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/include/CTPWorkflow/RecoWorkflow.h
@@ -25,22 +25,9 @@ namespace ctp
 namespace reco_workflow
 {
 
-/// define input and output types of the workflow
-enum struct InputType { Digits, // read digits from file
-                        Raw     // read data in raw page format from file
-};
-enum struct OutputType { Digits,
-                         Raw
-};
-
 /// create the workflow for CTP reconstruction
-framework::WorkflowSpec getWorkflow(bool disableRootInp,
-                                    bool disableRootOut,
-                                    bool propagateMC = true,
-                                    bool noLostTF = false,
-                                    std::string const& cfgInput = "raw",    //
-                                    std::string const& cfgOutput = "digits" //
-);
+framework::WorkflowSpec getWorkflow(bool noLostTF);
+
 } // namespace reco_workflow
 
 } // namespace ctp
diff --git a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx
index 6b17c5c8b7ffb..2b4a91211584a 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx
@@ -15,19 +15,10 @@
 
 #include "FairLogger.h"
 
-#include "Framework/RootSerializationSupport.h"
-#include "Algorithm/RangeTokenizer.h"
-#include "DPLUtils/MakeRootTreeWriterSpec.h"
 #include "DataFormatsCTP/Digits.h"
-#include "SimulationDataFormat/MCCompLabel.h"
 #include "CTPWorkflow/RecoWorkflow.h"
-#include "CTPWorkflowIO/DigitReaderSpec.h"
-#include "CTPWorkflowIO/DigitWriterSpec.h"
 #include "CTPWorkflow/RawToDigitConverterSpec.h"
 #include "Framework/DataSpecUtils.h"
-#include "SimulationDataFormat/MCTruthContainer.h"
-
-using namespace o2::dataformats;
 
 namespace o2
 {
@@ -38,57 +29,10 @@ namespace ctp
 namespace reco_workflow
 {
 
-const std::unordered_map<std::string, InputType> InputMap{
-  {"raw", InputType::Raw},
-  {"digits", InputType::Digits}};
-
-const std::unordered_map<std::string, OutputType> OutputMap{
-  {"digits", OutputType::Digits}};
-
-o2::framework::WorkflowSpec getWorkflow(bool disableRootInp,
-                                        bool disableRootOut,
-                                        bool propagateMC,
-                                        bool noLostTF,
-                                        std::string const& cfgInput,
-                                        std::string const& cfgOutput)
+o2::framework::WorkflowSpec getWorkflow(bool noLostTF)
 {
-  InputType inputType;
-
-  try {
-    inputType = InputMap.at(cfgInput);
-  } catch (std::out_of_range&) {
-    throw std::invalid_argument(std::string("invalid input type: ") + cfgInput);
-  }
-  std::vector<OutputType> outputTypes;
-  try {
-    outputTypes = RangeTokenizer::tokenize<OutputType>(cfgOutput, [](std::string const& token) { return OutputMap.at(token); });
-  } catch (std::out_of_range&) {
-    throw std::invalid_argument(std::string("invalid output type: ") + cfgOutput);
-  }
-  auto isEnabled = [&outputTypes](OutputType type) {
-    return std::find(outputTypes.begin(), outputTypes.end(), type) != outputTypes.end();
-  };
-
   o2::framework::WorkflowSpec specs;
-
-  // //Raw to ....
-  if (inputType == InputType::Raw) {
-    //no explicit raw reader
-
-    if (isEnabled(OutputType::Digits)) {
-      specs.emplace_back(o2::ctp::reco_workflow::getRawToDigitConverterSpec(noLostTF));
-      if (!disableRootOut) {
-        specs.emplace_back(o2::ctp::getDigitWriterSpec(true));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Digits to ....
-  if (inputType == InputType::Digits) {
-    if (!disableRootInp) {
-      specs.emplace_back(o2::ctp::getDigitsReaderSpec(propagateMC));
-    }
-  }
+  specs.emplace_back(o2::ctp::reco_workflow::getRawToDigitConverterSpec(noLostTF));
   return std::move(specs);
 }
 
diff --git a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/ctp-reco-workflow.cxx b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/ctp-raw-decoder.cxx
similarity index 69%
rename from Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/ctp-reco-workflow.cxx
rename to Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/ctp-raw-decoder.cxx
index 684a677abda0d..f8e8f04f7ebb7 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/ctp-reco-workflow.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/CTP/workflow/src/ctp-raw-decoder.cxx
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@
 void customize(std::vector<o2::framework::ConfigParamSpec>& workflowOptions)
 {
   std::vector<o2::framework::ConfigParamSpec> options{
-    {"input-type", o2::framework::VariantType::String, "raw", {"digits, raw"}},
-    {"output-type", o2::framework::VariantType::String, "digits", {"digits, raw"}},
-    {"disable-mc", o2::framework::VariantType::Bool, false, {"disable sending of MC information"}},
-    {"disable-root-input", o2::framework::VariantType::Bool, false, {"disable root-files input reader"}},
-    {"disable-root-output", o2::framework::VariantType::Bool, false, {"disable root-files output writer"}},
-    {"configKeyValues", o2::framework::VariantType::String, "", {"Semicolon separated key=value strings ..."}},
-    {"ignore-dist-stf", o2::framework::VariantType::Bool, false, {"do not subscribe to FLP/DISTSUBTIMEFRAME/0 message (no lost TF recovery)"}}};
+    {"ignore-dist-stf", o2::framework::VariantType::Bool, false, {"do not subscribe to FLP/DISTSUBTIMEFRAME/0 message (no lost TF recovery)"}},
+    {"configKeyValues", o2::framework::VariantType::String, "", {"Semicolon separated key=value strings ..."}}};
   o2::raw::HBFUtilsInitializer::addConfigOption(options);
   std::swap(workflowOptions, options);
 }
@@ -58,13 +53,7 @@ o2::framework::WorkflowSpec defineDataProcessing(o2::framework::ConfigContext co
   // Update the (declared) parameters if changed from the command line
   o2::conf::ConfigurableParam::updateFromString(cfgc.options().get<std::string>("configKeyValues"));
 
-  auto wf = o2::ctp::reco_workflow::getWorkflow(cfgc.options().get<bool>("disable-root-input"),
-                                                cfgc.options().get<bool>("disable-root-output"),
-                                                !cfgc.options().get<bool>("disable-mc"),
-                                                !cfgc.options().get<bool>("ignore-dist-stf"),  //
-                                                cfgc.options().get<std::string>("input-type"), //
-                                                cfgc.options().get<std::string>("output-type") //
-  );
+  auto wf = o2::ctp::reco_workflow::getWorkflow(!cfgc.options().get<bool>("ignore-dist-stf"));
   // configure dpl timer to inject correct firstTFOrbit: start from the 1st orbit of TF containing 1st sampled orbit
   o2::raw::HBFUtilsInitializer hbfIni(cfgc, wf);
   return std::move(wf);
diff --git a/prodtests/full-system-test/dpl-workflow.sh b/prodtests/full-system-test/dpl-workflow.sh
index a682d4b51cc17..c1f511b378284 100755
--- a/prodtests/full-system-test/dpl-workflow.sh
+++ b/prodtests/full-system-test/dpl-workflow.sh
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ if [ $CTFINPUT == 0 ]; then
   has_detector TRD && add_W o2-trd-datareader "$TRD_DECODER_OPTIONS --pipeline $(get_N trd-datareader TRD RAW TRDRAWDEC)" "" 0
   has_detector ZDC && add_W o2-zdc-raw2digits "$DISABLE_ROOT_OUTPUT --pipeline $(get_N zdc-datareader-dpl ZDC RAW)"
   has_detector HMP && add_W o2-hmpid-raw-to-digits-stream-workflow "--pipeline $(get_N HMP-RawStreamDecoder HMP RAW)"
-  has_detector CTP && add_W o2-ctp-reco-workflow "$DISABLE_ROOT_OUTPUT --pipeline $(get_N CTP-RawStreamDecoder CTP RAW)"
+  has_detector CTP && add_W o2-ctp-reco-workflow "--pipeline $(get_N CTP-RawStreamDecoder CTP RAW)"
   has_detector PHS && ! has_detector_flp_processing PHS && add_W o2-phos-reco-workflow "--input-type raw --output-type cells --disable-root-input $DISABLE_ROOT_OUTPUT --pipeline $(get_N PHOSRawToCellConverterSpec PHS REST) $DISABLE_MC"
   has_detector CPV && add_W o2-cpv-reco-workflow "--input-type $CPV_INPUT --output-type clusters --disable-root-input $DISABLE_ROOT_OUTPUT --pipeline $(get_N CPVRawToDigitConverterSpec CPV REST),$(get_N CPVClusterizerSpec CPV REST) $DISABLE_MC"
   has_detector EMC && ! has_detector_flp_processing EMC && add_W o2-emcal-reco-workflow "--input-type raw --output-type cells $EMCRAW2C_CONFIG $DISABLE_ROOT_OUTPUT $DISABLE_MC --pipeline $(get_N EMCALRawToCellConverterSpec EMC REST EMCREC)"
diff --git a/prodtests/full_system_test.sh b/prodtests/full_system_test.sh
index 5134079813614..32fc945a6b7bc 100755
--- a/prodtests/full_system_test.sh
+++ b/prodtests/full_system_test.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ taskwrapper cpvraw.log o2-cpv-digi2raw --file-for cru -o raw/CPV
 taskwrapper zdcraw.log o2-zdc-digi2raw --file-for cru -o raw/ZDC
 taskwrapper hmpraw.log o2-hmpid-digits-to-raw-workflow --file-for cru --outdir raw/HMP
 taskwrapper trdraw.log o2-trd-trap2raw -o raw/TRD --fileper halfcru
-taskwrapper ctpraw.log o2-ctp-digi2raw -o raw/CTP --file-per-link
+taskwrapper ctpraw.log o2-ctp-digi2raw -o raw/CTP --file-for cru
 
 cat raw/*/*.cfg > rawAll.cfg