diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2a59202686..aa11892fa6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ job1:
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR
    - cat $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/results_autotests.xml
-   
+  when: manual  
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
index 9300d73880..8dfbc60a9b 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  <GitOpenair-cnRepo>https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openair-cn.git</GitOpenair-cnRepo>
  <GitOAI5GRepoBranch>develop</GitOAI5GRepoBranch>
  <GitOpenair-cnRepoBranch>develop</GitOpenair-cnRepoBranch>
- <CleanUpOldProgs>oaisim oaisim_nos1 lte-softmodem lte-softmodem-nos1 mme_gw run_epc auth_request run_hss oai_hss mme spgw hss hss_sim configure_cots* wvdial  iperf iperf_script iperf_script_phone ping tshark rrh_gw iperf3 iperf3_script iperf3_script_phone pppd starthss start_ltebox stop_ltebox</CleanUpOldProgs>	
+ <CleanUpOldProgs>oaisim oaisim_nos1 lte-softmodem lte-softmodem-nos1 mme_gw run_epc auth_request run_hss oai_hss mme spgw hss hss_sim configure_cots* wvdial  iperf iperf_script iperf_script_phone ping tshark rrh_gw iperf3 iperf3_script iperf3_script_phone pppd starthss start_ltebox stop_ltebox configure_cots_sony_experia_m4_ue configure_cots_huaweiE398_ue configure_cots_bandrich_ue</CleanUpOldProgs>	
  <CleanUpAluLteBox>sudo -S -E /opt/ltebox/tools/stop_ltebox</CleanUpAluLteBox>
 <ExmimoRfStop>exmimo_pci=`lspci -m | grep Xilinx`; if [ -n "$exmimo_pci" ] ; then $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/build_oai -w EXMIMO -c; sudo -S -E $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/tools/stop_exmimo2; fi; sudo -E $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py --reset-ue; sudo -E $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_huaweiE398_ue.py --reset-ue;  sudo -E $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_sony_experia_m4_ue.py --stop-ue; uname -a; sudo -E dmesg</ExmimoRfStop>
  <Timeout_execution>36000</Timeout_execution>
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
index 33c44c32c5..c5c26e3752 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #$1 programs to be killed and checked
-ps -aux |grep -E -i $1| awk '{print $2}' | sudo xargs kill -9 
+echo "removing old programs..."
+echo "args = $1"
+echo "script name = $0"
+filename=$(basename "$0")
+echo "filename = $filename"
+echo "programs to be killed...$1"
+
+echo "bash PID = $$" 
+pid="$$"
+echo "pid = $pid"
+
+echo "Killing programs now..."
+
+ps -aux |grep -E -i -w "$1"
+
+var=`ps -aux |grep -E -i -w "$1" |awk '{print $2}'| tr '\n' ' ' | sed  "s/$pid/ /"`
+echo "Killing processes...$var"
+#var=`ps -aux |grep -E -i '$1' |awk '{print $2}'| tr '\n' ' ' | sed  "s/$pid/ /"`
+#echo $var 
+if [ -n "$var" ] ; then  sudo  kill -9 $var ; fi
+
+#| sudo xargs kill -9 
+
+echo "checking for old programs..."
+var=`ps -aux |grep -E -i -w '$1' |grep -Ev 'grep' | grep -Ev '$filename'`
 
-var=`ps -aux |grep -E -i $1`
 echo $var
 if [ -n "$var" ]; then echo 'Match found'; else echo 'Match not found' ;fi 
 
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/LTE_ESTIMATION/lte_ul_channel_estimation.c b/openair1/PHY/LTE_ESTIMATION/lte_ul_channel_estimation.c
index 29f46a9d2e..1de23f6412 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/LTE_ESTIMATION/lte_ul_channel_estimation.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/LTE_ESTIMATION/lte_ul_channel_estimation.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ static int16_t temp_out_ifft_0[2048*4] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 static int16_t temp_out_ifft_1[2048*4] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 
 
-static int32_t temp_in_ifft_0[2048*2] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
-static int32_t temp_in_ifft_1[2048*2] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
+static int32_t temp_in_ifft_0[2048*2] __attribute__((aligned(32)));
+static int32_t temp_in_ifft_1[2048*2] __attribute__((aligned(32)));
 static int32_t temp_in_fft_0[2048*2] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 static int32_t temp_in_fft_1[2048*2] __attribute__((aligned(16)));