diff --git a/common/config/config_cmdline.c b/common/config/config_cmdline.c
index 98c75c1c14..42ea7259c3 100644
--- a/common/config/config_cmdline.c
+++ b/common/config/config_cmdline.c
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ char *tmpval = value;
 int optisset=0;
 char defbool[2]="1";
 
-     if ( ((cfgoptions->paramflags &PARAMFLAG_BOOL) == 0) && value == NULL ) { /* not a boolean, argument required */
+     if ( value == NULL) {
+        if( (cfgoptions->paramflags &PARAMFLAG_BOOL) == 0 ) { /* not a boolean, argument required */
 	    fprintf(stderr,"[CONFIG] command line, option %s requires an argument\n",cfgoptions->optname);
 	    return 0;
-     } else {        /* boolean value option without argument, set value to true*/
+        } else {        /* boolean value option without argument, set value to true*/
             tmpval = defbool;
+        }
      }
      switch(cfgoptions->type)
        {
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ char *cfgpath;
         if (strcmp(*p, "-h") == 0 || strcmp(*p, "--help") == 0 ) {
             config_printhelp(cfgoptions,numoptions);
         }
-        if (*p[0] == '-') {
-          
+
+        if (*p[0] == '-') {        
     	    for(int i=0;i<numoptions;i++) {
     		if ( ( cfgoptions[i].paramflags & PARAMFLAG_DISABLECMDLINE) != 0) {
     		  continue;
@@ -135,17 +137,17 @@ char *cfgpath;
     		} else {
     		   sprintf(cfgpath,"%s",cfgoptions[i].optname);
     		}
+
     		if ( ((strlen(*p) == 2) && (strcmp(*p + 1,cfgpath) == 0))  || 
     		     ((strlen(*p) > 2) && (strcmp(*p + 2,cfgpath ) == 0 )) ) {
     		   pp = *(p+1);
-    		   if ( ( pp != NULL )   &&  (pp[0]!= '-') ) {
-    		      p++;
-    		      c--;
+    		   if ( ( pp != NULL ) && (c>1) &&  (pp[0]!= '-') ) {
+    		
     		      j += processoption(&(cfgoptions[i]), pp);
     		   } else {
     		      j += processoption(&(cfgoptions[i]), NULL);
     		   }
-
+                   break;
     		}
     	     } /* for */
          } /* if (*p[0] == '-') */  	     
diff --git a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
index 60bcefad5e..8351d4d82c 100644
--- a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
+++ b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ char *atoken;
 uint32_t tmpflags=0;
 int i;
  
-
 /* first parse the command line to look for the -O option */
   opterr=0;
-  while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "O:h")) != -1) {
-       if ( i == 'O' ) {
-          cfgparam = optarg; 
+  for (i = 0;i<argc;i++) {
+       if (strlen(argv[i]) < 2) continue;
+       if ( argv[i][1] == 'O' && i < (argc -1)) {
+          cfgparam = argv[i+1]; 
        } 
-        if ( i == 'h' ) {
+        if ( argv[i][1] == 'h' ) {
           tmpflags = CONFIG_HELP; 
        }            
    }
diff --git a/common/config/config_userapi.c b/common/config/config_userapi.c
index 25fc6102f5..ad2e355d52 100644
--- a/common/config/config_userapi.c
+++ b/common/config/config_userapi.c
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ void config_printhelp(paramdef_t *params,int numparams)
 int config_get(paramdef_t *params,int numparams, char *prefix)
 {
 int ret= -1;
+
+if (CONFIG_ISFLAGSET(CONFIG_ABORT)) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"[CONFIG] config_get skipped, config module not properly initialized\n");
+    return ret;
+}
 configmodule_interface_t *cfgif = config_get_if();
   if (cfgif != NULL) {
       ret = config_get_if()->get(params, numparams,prefix);
diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c
index 02b6598ab6..7ce85f6d8a 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.c
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ void  log_getconfig(log_t *g_log) {
   paramdef_t logparams_verbosity[MAX_LOG_COMPONENTS];
   paramdef_t logparams_logfile[MAX_LOG_COMPONENTS];
   
-  config_get( logparams_defaults,sizeof(logparams_defaults)/sizeof(paramdef_t),CONFIG_STRING_LOG_PREFIX); 
+  int ret = config_get( logparams_defaults,sizeof(logparams_defaults)/sizeof(paramdef_t),CONFIG_STRING_LOG_PREFIX);
+  if (ret <0) {
+       fprintf(stderr,"[LOG] init aborted, configuration couldn't be performed");
+       return;
+  } 
   memset(logparams_level,    0, sizeof(paramdef_t)*MAX_LOG_COMPONENTS);
   memset(logparams_verbosity,0, sizeof(paramdef_t)*MAX_LOG_COMPONENTS);
   memset(logparams_logfile,  0, sizeof(paramdef_t)*MAX_LOG_COMPONENTS);
diff --git a/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c b/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c
index 69765e80c5..5144e911d7 100644
--- a/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c
+++ b/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static void get_options(void) {
   if(config_isparamset(cmdline_logparams,CMDLINE_GLOGLEVEL_IDX)) {
       set_glog(glog_level, -1);
   }
-  if(config_isparamset(cmdline_logparams,CMDLINE_GLOGLEVEL_IDX)) {
+  if(config_isparamset(cmdline_logparams,CMDLINE_GLOGVERBO_IDX)) {
       set_glog(-1, glog_verbosity);
   }
   if (start_telnetsrv) {
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
   if ( load_configmodule(argc,argv) == NULL) {
     exit_fun("[SOFTMODEM] Error, configuration module init failed\n");
   } 
-
       
 #ifdef DEBUG_CONSOLE
   setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
@@ -920,7 +919,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
   }
 
 
-
 #if T_TRACER
   T_init(T_port, T_wait, T_dont_fork);
 #endif