diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index 6011e47aee..3c91ddecfd 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2753,6 +2753,7 @@ add_executable(nr-softmodem
   ${s1ap_h}
 #  ${OPENAIR_BIN_DIR}/messages_xml.h
   ${OPENAIR_DIR}/executables/nr-gnb.c
+  ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
   ${OPENAIR_DIR}/executables/nr-ru.c
   ${OPENAIR_DIR}/executables/nr-softmodem.c
   ${OPENAIR_DIR}/executables/softmodem-common.c
diff --git a/executables/nr-gnb.c b/executables/nr-gnb.c
index b5c2e53a04..35325668dc 100644
--- a/executables/nr-gnb.c
+++ b/executables/nr-gnb.c
@@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ void init_gNB_proc(int inst) {
 
   gNB->threadPool = (tpool_t*)malloc(sizeof(tpool_t));
   gNB->respDecode = (notifiedFIFO_t*) malloc(sizeof(notifiedFIFO_t));
-  initTpool("n", gNB->threadPool, true);
+  char ul_pool[] = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1";
+  initTpool(ul_pool, gNB->threadPool, false);
   initNotifiedFIFO(gNB->respDecode);
 }
 
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c
index 91daffb76b..e1697af44d 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulsim.c
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   gNB = RC.gNB[0];
   gNB->threadPool = (tpool_t*)malloc(sizeof(tpool_t));
   gNB->respDecode = (notifiedFIFO_t*) malloc(sizeof(notifiedFIFO_t));
-  char tp_param[] = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1";
-  initTpool(tp_param, gNB->threadPool, false);
+  char tp_param[] = "n";
+  initTpool(tp_param, gNB->threadPool, true);
   initNotifiedFIFO(gNB->respDecode);
   //gNB_config = &gNB->gNB_config;