diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
index 4b40b3a6eb..3b7fb1ed15 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
       <main_exec_args>-s-11 -S-10 -n1000
                       -s-11 -S-10 -n10 -I</main_exec_args>
       <tags>nr_pbchsim.test1</tags>
-      <search_expr_true>n_errors (negative CRC) = 0</search_expr_true>
+      <search_expr_true>n_errors \(negative CRC\) = 0</search_expr_true>
       <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
       <nruns>3</nruns>
     </testCase> 
diff --git a/cmake_targets/build_oai b/cmake_targets/build_oai
index 9c90166e52..47ea66b773 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/build_oai
+++ b/cmake_targets/build_oai
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ function main() {
     echo_info "Compiling unitary tests simulators"
     # TODO: fix: dlsim_tm4 pucchsim prachsim pdcchsim pbchsim mbmssim
     #simlist="dlsim_tm4 dlsim ulsim pucchsim prachsim pdcchsim pbchsim mbmssim"
-    simlist="dlsim ulsim polartest ldpctest"
+    simlist="dlsim ulsim polartest ldpctest nr_pbchsim"
     for f in $simlist ; do
       compilations \
       phy_simulators $f \