diff --git a/httomo/method_wrappers/reconstruction.py b/httomo/method_wrappers/reconstruction.py
index ba653f949..4d02797a7 100644
--- a/httomo/method_wrappers/reconstruction.py
+++ b/httomo/method_wrappers/reconstruction.py
@@ -37,16 +37,18 @@ def _build_kwargs(
             len(self.parameters) >= 2
         ), "recon methods always take data + angles as the first 2 parameters"
         updated_params = {**dict_params, self.parameters[1]: dataset.angles_radians}
-        if "detector_pad" not in dict_params:
-            updated_params.update({"detector_pad": 0})
-        else:
-            if dict_params["detector_pad"]:
-                det_half = dataset.data.shape[2] // 2
-                padded_value_exact = int(np.sqrt(2 * (det_half**2))) - det_half
-                padded_add_margin = padded_value_exact // 2
-                dict_params["detector_pad"] = padded_value_exact + padded_add_margin
-                detpad_str = f"    The calculated 'detector_pad' value is {dict_params["detector_pad"]}"
-                log_once(detpad_str)
+        if "sinogram_order" not in dict_params:
+            # avoid passing detector_pad argument to TomoPy reconstruction
+            if "detector_pad" not in dict_params:
+                updated_params.update({"detector_pad": 0})
+            else:
+                if dict_params["detector_pad"]:
+                    det_half = dataset.data.shape[2] // 2
+                    padded_value_exact = int(np.sqrt(2 * (det_half**2))) - det_half
+                    padded_add_margin = padded_value_exact // 2
+                    dict_params["detector_pad"] = padded_value_exact + padded_add_margin
+                    detpad_str = f"    The calculated 'detector_pad' value is {dict_params["detector_pad"]}"
+                    log_once(detpad_str)
         return super()._build_kwargs(updated_params, dataset)
 
     def _calculate_max_slices_iterative(