diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci.c b/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci.c
index 949f8807f2..36616b6e21 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci.c
@@ -204,16 +204,19 @@ uint8_t nr_generate_dci_top(NR_gNB_PDCCH pdcch_vars,
   /// DCI payload processing
   //channel coding
 #ifdef DEBUG_POLAR_PARAMS
+  dci_alloc.dci_pdu[1]=10;
   uint8_t *encoderInput = malloc(sizeof(uint8_t) * dci_alloc.size);
   printf("\n[TY]DCI PDU: [0]->0x%08x \t [1]->0x%08x \t [2]->0x%08x \t [3]->0x%08x\n",
 		  dci_alloc.dci_pdu[0], dci_alloc.dci_pdu[1], dci_alloc.dci_pdu[2], dci_alloc.dci_pdu[3]);
-  printf("\ndci_alloc.dci_pdu\n[0]=%d [1]=%d [2]=%d [3]=%d\n",dci_alloc.dci_pdu[0],dci_alloc.dci_pdu[1],dci_alloc.dci_pdu[2],dci_alloc.dci_pdu[3]);
   nr_bit2byte(dci_alloc.dci_pdu, dci_alloc.size, encoderInput);
-  printf("\ndci_alloc.dci_pdu\n[0]=%d [1]=%d [2]=%d [3]=%d\n",dci_alloc.dci_pdu[0],dci_alloc.dci_pdu[1],dci_alloc.dci_pdu[2],dci_alloc.dci_pdu[3]);
   for (int i=0;i<dci_alloc.size;i++)
 	  printf("encoderInput[%d]=%d\n",i,encoderInput[i]);
+  nr_byte2bit(encoderInput,dci_alloc.size,dci_alloc.dci_pdu);
+  printf("\n[TY]DCI PDU: [0]->0x%08x \t [1]->0x%08x \t [2]->0x%08x \t [3]->0x%08x\n",
+  		  dci_alloc.dci_pdu[0], dci_alloc.dci_pdu[1], dci_alloc.dci_pdu[2], dci_alloc.dci_pdu[3]);
   return (0);
 
+
   nr_polar_init(&nrPolar_params, NR_POLAR_DCI_MESSAGE_TYPE, dci_alloc.size, pdcch_params.aggregation_level);
   t_nrPolar_paramsPtr currentPtr = nr_polar_params(nrPolar_params,
 		  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	   NR_POLAR_DCI_MESSAGE_TYPE,
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci_tools.c b/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci_tools.c
index 6e0b019cfe..e3504ea64e 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci_tools.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_dci_tools.c
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ void nr_fill_dci_and_dlsch(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB,
       switch(params_rel15->rnti_type) {
         case NFAPI_NR_RNTI_RA:
 #ifdef DEBUG_NFAPI_NR_RNTI_RA
-printf("frequency_domain_assignment = %05d = %#08x\n"
-		"   time_domain_assignment = %05d = %#08x\n"
-		"       vrb_to_prb_mapping = %05d = %#08x\n"
-		"                      MCS = %05d = %#08x\n"
-		"               tb_scaling = %05d = %#08x\n",
+printf("frequency_domain_assignment = %05d = %#010x\n"
+		"     time_domain_assignment = %05d = %#010x\n"
+		"         vrb_to_prb_mapping = %05d = %#010x\n"
+		"                        MCS = %05d = %#010x\n"
+		"                 tb_scaling = %05d = %#010x\n",
 		pdu_rel15->frequency_domain_assignment,pdu_rel15->frequency_domain_assignment,
 		pdu_rel15->time_domain_assignment,pdu_rel15->time_domain_assignment,
 		pdu_rel15->vrb_to_prb_mapping,pdu_rel15->vrb_to_prb_mapping,