diff --git a/src/coreComponents/finiteVolume/FaceElementToCellStencil.hpp b/src/coreComponents/finiteVolume/FaceElementToCellStencil.hpp
index 3b970bd8b2b..67548b49597 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/finiteVolume/FaceElementToCellStencil.hpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/finiteVolume/FaceElementToCellStencil.hpp
@@ -271,7 +271,15 @@ inline void FaceElementToCellStencilWrapper::
 
   // Will change when implementing collocation points.
   LvArray::tensorOps::hadamardProduct< 3 >( faceConormal, coefficient[er0][esr0][ei0][0], m_faceNormal[iconn] );
-  real64 const t0 = m_weights[iconn][0] * LvArray::tensorOps::AiBi< 3 >( m_cellToFaceVec[iconn], faceConormal );
+  real64 t0 = m_weights[iconn][0] * LvArray::tensorOps::AiBi< 3 >( m_cellToFaceVec[iconn], faceConormal );
+  if( t0 < 0.0 )
+  {
+    LvArray::tensorOps::hadamardProduct< 3 >( faceConormal,
+                                              coefficient[er0][esr0][ei0][0],
+                                              m_cellToFaceVec[iconn] );
+    t0 = m_weights[iconn][0] * LvArray::tensorOps::AiBi< 3 >( m_cellToFaceVec[iconn], faceConormal );
+  }
+
   // We consider the 3rd component of the permeability which is the normal one.
   real64 const t1 = m_weights[iconn][1] * coefficient[er1][esr1][ei1][0][2];
 
diff --git a/src/coreComponents/mesh/generators/VTKFaceBlockUtilities.cpp b/src/coreComponents/mesh/generators/VTKFaceBlockUtilities.cpp
index 7b540945686..46eff42dfd2 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/mesh/generators/VTKFaceBlockUtilities.cpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/mesh/generators/VTKFaceBlockUtilities.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <vtkExtractEdges.h>
 #include <vtkGeometryFilter.h>
 #include <vtkPointData.h>
+#include <vtkLogger.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -624,11 +625,15 @@ void importFractureNetwork( string const & faceBlockName,
   CollocatedNodes const collocatedNodes( faceBlockName, faceMesh );
   // Add the appropriate validations (only 2d cells...)
 
+  // Only log warnings and more critical messages from the edge extractor
+  vtkLogger::SetStderrVerbosity( vtkLogger::VERBOSITY_WARNING );
   auto edgesExtractor = vtkSmartPointer< vtkExtractEdges >::New();
   edgesExtractor->SetInputData( faceMesh );
   edgesExtractor->UseAllPointsOn();  // Important: we want to prevent any node renumbering.
   edgesExtractor->Update();
   vtkPolyData * edges = edgesExtractor->GetOutput();
+  // Reset logging to default
+  vtkLogger::SetStderrVerbosity( vtkLogger::VERBOSITY_INFO );
 
   vtkIdType const num2dFaces = edges->GetNumberOfCells();
   vtkIdType const num2dElements = faceMesh->GetNumberOfCells();