diff --git a/hammer/par/innovus/__init__.py b/hammer/par/innovus/__init__.py
index 403ce801d..dc4e61892 100644
--- a/hammer/par/innovus/__init__.py
+++ b/hammer/par/innovus/__init__.py
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ def place_bumps(self) -> bool:
                         self.append("deselect_bumps")
                     else:
                         self.append("assign_signal_to_bump -bumps \"Bump_{x}.{y}\" -net {n}".format(x=bump.x, y=bump.y, n=bump.name))
-                self.append("create_route_blockage {layer_options} \"{llx} {lly} {urx} {ury}\"".format(
+                self.append("create_route_blockage -name Bump_{x}_{y}_blockage {layer_options} \"{llx} {lly} {urx} {ury}\"".format(
+                    x = bump.x,
+                    y = bump.y,
                     layer_options="-layers {{{l}}} -rects".format(l=block_layer) if(self.version() >= self.version_number("181")) else "-cut_layers {{{l}}} -area".format(l=block_layer),
                     llx = "[get_db bump:Bump_{x}.{y} .bbox.ll.x]".format(x=bump.x, y=bump.y),
                     lly = "[get_db bump:Bump_{x}.{y} .bbox.ll.y]".format(x=bump.x, y=bump.y),
@@ -519,16 +521,16 @@ def power_straps(self) -> bool:
 
     def place_opt_design(self) -> bool:
         """Place the design and do pre-routing optimization."""
-        self.verbose_append("place_opt_design")
-        return True
-
-    def clock_tree(self) -> bool:
-        """Setup and route a clock tree for clock nets."""
         if self.hierarchical_mode.is_nonleaf_hierarchical():
             self.verbose_append('''
             flatten_ilm
             update_constraint_mode -name my_constraint_mode -ilm_sdc_files {sdc}
             '''.format(sdc=self.post_synth_sdc), clean=True)
+        self.verbose_append("place_opt_design")
+        return True
+
+    def clock_tree(self) -> bool:
+        """Setup and route a clock tree for clock nets."""
         if len(self.get_clock_ports()) > 0:
             # Ignore clock tree when there are no clocks
             # If special cells are specified, explicitly set them instead of letting tool infer from libs
diff --git a/hammer/vlsi/hammer_build_systems.py b/hammer/vlsi/hammer_build_systems.py
index e91cc25a1..446c37099 100644
--- a/hammer/vlsi/hammer_build_systems.py
+++ b/hammer/vlsi/hammer_build_systems.py
@@ -484,10 +484,17 @@ def build_makefile(driver: HammerDriver, append_error_func: Callable[[str], None
                 prereqs = " ".join(out_confs)
                 pstring = " ".join(["-p " + x for x in out_confs])
                 par_to_syn = textwrap.dedent("""
+                    .PHONY: hier-par-to-syn-{node} redo-hier-par-to-syn-{node}
+
                     {syn_deps}: {prereqs}
                     \t$(HAMMER_EXEC) {env_confs} {pstring} -o {syn_deps} --obj_dir {obj_dir} hier-par-to-syn
+
+                    hier-par-to-syn-{node}: {syn_deps}
+
+                    redo-hier-par-to-syn-{node}:
+                    \t$(HAMMER_EXEC) {env_confs} {pstring} -o {syn_deps} --obj_dir {obj_dir} hier-par-to-syn
                     """.format(syn_deps=syn_deps, prereqs=prereqs, env_confs=env_confs, pstring=pstring,
-                    obj_dir=obj_dir))
+                    obj_dir=obj_dir, node=node))
 
             output += make_text.format(suffix="-"+node, mod=node, env_confs=env_confs, obj_dir=obj_dir, syn_deps=syn_deps,
                 par_to_syn=par_to_syn,
diff --git a/tests/test_build_systems.py b/tests/test_build_systems.py
index b8046b10b..bbdb89058 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_systems.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_systems.py
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ def test_hier_makefile(self, tmpdir) -> None:
             expected_targets.update({task + "-" + x for x in mods})
             expected_targets.update({"redo-" + task + "-" + x for x in mods})
 
+        # Only non-leafs get a hier-par-to-syn target
+        expected_targets.update({"hier-par-to-syn-" + x for x in mods if x in {"TopMod"}})
+        expected_targets.update({"redo-hier-par-to-syn-" + x for x in mods if x in {"TopMod"}})
+
         # Only non-leafs get a syn-*-input.json target
         expected_targets.update({os.path.join(tmpdir, "syn-" + x + "-input.json") for x in mods if x in {"TopMod"}})
         expected_targets.update({os.path.join(tmpdir, "sim-syn-" + x + "-input.json") for x in mods})