diff --git a/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py b/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
index e1567c3e355bdfcb460c058d2a00f5be0e6d9a2c..555b764a637bacd32ed0bb86f00f60c3d21b02cb 100644
--- a/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
+++ b/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
@@ -795,6 +795,9 @@ CORRELATION_GRADIENT_CORRECTION = [
         'xc_terms': [{
             'XC_functional_name': "GGA_C_P86",
         }],
+        'xc_terms_subtract': [{
+            'XC_functional_name': 'LDA_C_PW',
+        }],
         'xc_section_method': {
             'x_qe_xc_igcc_name':       "p86",
             'x_qe_xc_igcc_comment':    "Perdew86",
diff --git a/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log b/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
index 55717f5cace2c71e84de182d06b18ba66ff6fe08..3289efccfa80902546b0a78df0aeac1ee0c7a66d 100644
--- a/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
+++ b/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 OPTBK88 ( 1  4 23  1 0 0)
   },
   {
     "XC_functional_name": "GGA_X_OPTB88_VDW"
-  },
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
   }
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF2 ( 0 413 0 2)