diff --git a/executables/nr-ue.c b/executables/nr-ue.c
index c0b0af0618..cb9440e174 100644
--- a/executables/nr-ue.c
+++ b/executables/nr-ue.c
@@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ void processSlotRX(void *arg) {
     // under the assumption that no two slots with same slot index of different frames are processed at the same time
       res = pullTpool(UE->respPdsch,&(get_nrUE_params()->Tpool));
       if (res->key == proc->nr_slot_rx) check_rx_finish = false;
-      pushNotifiedFIFO(UE->respPdsch, res);
+      pushNotifiedFIFO_nothreadSafe(UE->respPdsch, res);
       res = pullTpool(UE->txFifo,&(get_nrUE_params()->Tpool));
       if (res->key == proc->nr_slot_tx) check_tx_finish = false;
-      pushNotifiedFIFO(UE->txFifo, res);
+      pushNotifiedFIFO_nothreadSafe(UE->txFifo, res);
     }
 
   } else {
@@ -565,9 +565,9 @@ void *UE_thread(void *arg) {
   int absolute_slot=0, decoded_frame_rx=-1, trashed_frames=0;
 
   for (int i=0; i<RX_NB_TH; i++) {
-    pushNotifiedFIFO(&rxFifo, newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(nr_rxtx_thread_data_t), RX_JOB_ID,&rxFifo,processSlotRX));
-    pushNotifiedFIFO(&txFifo, newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(nr_rxtx_thread_data_t), 1,&txFifo,processSlotTX));
-    pushNotifiedFIFO(&respPdsch, newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(pdsch_rx_thread_data_t), 1,&respPdsch,processPdsch));
+    pushNotifiedFIFO_nothreadSafe(&rxFifo, newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(nr_rxtx_thread_data_t), RX_JOB_ID,&rxFifo,processSlotRX));
+    pushNotifiedFIFO_nothreadSafe(&txFifo, newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(nr_rxtx_thread_data_t), 1,&txFifo,processSlotTX));
+    pushNotifiedFIFO_nothreadSafe(&respPdsch, newNotifiedFIFO_elt(sizeof(pdsch_rx_thread_data_t), 1,&respPdsch,processPdsch));
   }
 
   while (!oai_exit) {
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/defs_common.h b/openair1/PHY/defs_common.h
index f9deac949f..3e80002c8d 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/defs_common.h
+++ b/openair1/PHY/defs_common.h
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 #include "nfapi_interface.h"
 
 #define RX_NB_TH_MAX 2
-#define RX_NB_TH 1
-#define RX_NB_TH_PL 3 //number of parallel jobs per slot
+#define RX_NB_TH 2
+#define RX_NB_TH_PL 2 //number of parallel jobs per slot
 #define RX_NB_TH_DL 14
 
 #define LTE_SLOTS_PER_SUBFRAME 2
diff --git a/openair1/SCHED_NR/phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c b/openair1/SCHED_NR/phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c
index 2f4a325893..5328dc99aa 100644
--- a/openair1/SCHED_NR/phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c
+++ b/openair1/SCHED_NR/phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ void phy_procedures_gNB_uespec_RX(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB, int frame_rx, int slot_rx)
 
           offset = pucch_pdu->start_symbol_index*gNB->frame_parms.ofdm_symbol_size + (gNB->frame_parms.first_carrier_offset+pucch_pdu->prb_start*12);
           power_rxF = signal_energy_nodc(&gNB->common_vars.rxdataF[0][offset],12);
-          LOG_D(PHY,"frame %d, slot %d: PUCCH signal energy %d\n",frame_rx,slot_rx,power_rxF);
+          LOG_I(PHY,"frame %d, slot %d: PUCCH signal energy %d\n",frame_rx,slot_rx,power_rxF);
 
           nr_decode_pucch0(gNB,
 	                   slot_rx,