diff --git a/GPy/util/linalg.py b/GPy/util/linalg.py
index 59f598f9..d82bb50f 100644
--- a/GPy/util/linalg.py
+++ b/GPy/util/linalg.py
@@ -51,6 +51,26 @@ def _mdot_r(a,b):
    return np.dot(a,b)
 
 def jitchol(A,maxtries=5):
+    A = np.asfortranarray(A)
+    L,info = linalg.lapack.flapack.dpotrf(A,lower=1)
+    if info ==0:
+        return L
+    else:
+        diagA = np.diag(A)
+        if np.any(diagA<0.):
+            raise linalg.LinAlgError, "not pd: negative diagonal elements"
+        jitter= diagA.mean()*1e-6
+        for i in range(1,maxtries+1):
+            print 'Warning: adding jitter of '+str(jitter)
+            try:
+                return linalg.cholesky(A+np.eye(A.shape[0]).T*jitter, lower = True)
+            except:
+                jitter *= 10
+        raise linalg.LinAlgError,"not positive definite, even with jitter."
+
+
+
+def jitchol_old(A,maxtries=5):
     """
     :param A : An almost pd square matrix
 
@@ -71,7 +91,7 @@ def jitchol(A,maxtries=5):
         for i in range(1,maxtries+1):
             print 'Warning: adding jitter of '+str(jitter)
             try:
-                return linalg.cholesky(A+np.eye(A.shape[0])*jitter, lower = True)
+                return linalg.cholesky(A+np.eye(A.shape[0]).T*jitter, lower = True)
             except:
                 jitter *= 10
 
@@ -93,7 +113,8 @@ def pdinv(A):
     L = jitchol(A)
     logdet = 2.*np.sum(np.log(np.diag(L)))
     Li = chol_inv(L)
-    Ai = np.dot(Li.T,Li) #TODO: get the flapack routine form multiplying triangular matrices
+    Ai = linalg.lapack.flapack.dpotri(L)[0]
+    Ai = np.tril(Ai) + np.tril(Ai,-1).T
 
     return Ai, L, Li, logdet