diff --git a/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_decoding_tools.c b/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_decoding_tools.c
index e215be2e2b..f9105844d1 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_decoding_tools.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_decoding_tools.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void applyFtoleft(t_nrPolar_params *pp,decoder_node_t *node) {
 #ifdef DEBUG_NEW_IMPL
       printf("betal[0] %d (%p)\n",betal[0],&betal[0]);
 #endif
-      pp->nr_polar_u[node->first_leaf_index] = (betal[0]+1)>>1; 
+      pp->nr_polar_u[node->first_leaf_index] = (1+betal[0])>>1; 
 #ifdef DEBUG_NEW_IMPL
       printf("Setting bit %d to %d (LLR %d)\n",node->first_leaf_index,(betal[0]+1)>>1,alpha_l[0]);
 #endif
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void applyGtoright(t_nrPolar_params *pp,decoder_node_t *node) {
       }
     if (node->Nv == 2) { // apply hard decision on right node
       betar[0] = (alpha_r[0]>0) ? -1 : 1;
-      pp->nr_polar_u[node->first_leaf_index+1] = (betar[0]+1)>>1;
+      pp->nr_polar_u[node->first_leaf_index+1] = (1+betar[0])>>1;
 #ifdef DEBUG_NEW_IMPL
       printf("Setting bit %d to %d (LLR %d frozen_mask %d)\n",node->first_leaf_index+1,(betar[0]+1)>>1,alpha_r[0],frozen_mask);
 #endif
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@ void applyGtoright(t_nrPolar_params *pp,decoder_node_t *node) {
   }
 }
 
-
 void computeBeta(t_nrPolar_params *pp,decoder_node_t *node) {
 
   int16_t *betav = node->beta;
@@ -484,14 +483,31 @@ void computeBeta(t_nrPolar_params *pp,decoder_node_t *node) {
   printf("Computing beta @ level %d first_leaf_index %d (all_frozen %d)\n",node->level,node->first_leaf_index,node->left->all_frozen);
 #endif
   if (node->left->all_frozen==0) { // if left node is not aggregation of frozen bits
-    for (int i=0;i<node->Nv/2;i++) {
-      betav[i] = (betal[i] != betar[i]) ? 1 : -1;
-#ifdef DEBUG_NEW_IMPL
-      printf("COMPUTE betav[%d] %d (%p)\n",i,
-	     betav[i],
-	     &betav[i]);
-#endif
+    /*#if defined(__AVX2__) 
+    int avx2mod = (node->Nv/2)&15;
+    if (avx2mod == 0) {
+      int avx2len = node->Nv/2/16;
+      
+      for (int i=0;i<avx2len;i++) {
+	((__m256i*)betav)[i] = _mm256_sign_epi16(((__m256i*)betar)[i],
+						  ((__m256i*)betal)[i]);
+      }
     }
+    else if (avx2mod == 8) {
+      ((__m128i*)betav)[0] = _mm_sign_epi16(((__m128i*)betar)[0],
+					    ((__m128i*)betal)[0]);
+    }
+    else if (avx2mod == 4) {
+      ((__m64*)betav)[0] = _mm_sign_pi16(((__m64*)betar)[0],
+					 ((__m64*)betal)[0]);
+    }
+    else
+    #endif*/
+      {
+	for (int i=0;i<node->Nv/2;i++) {
+	  betav[i] = (betal[i] != betar[i]) ? 1 : -1;
+	}
+      }
   }
   else memcpy((void*)&betav[0],betar,(node->Nv/2)*sizeof(int16_t));
   memcpy((void*)&betav[node->Nv/2],betar,(node->Nv/2)*sizeof(int16_t));
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_defs.h b/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_defs.h
index 7acd92324f..34c2e9a50b 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_defs.h
+++ b/openair1/PHY/CODING/nrPolar_tools/nr_polar_defs.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ typedef struct decoder_node_t_s {
   int first_leaf_index;
   int all_frozen;
   int16_t *alpha;
-  int8_t *beta;
+  int16_t *beta;
 } decoder_node_t;
 
 typedef struct decoder_tree_t_s {