diff --git a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
index 8351d4d82c143bf05601638fcebe4e80e1f02039..ff66d22a1c847bd783ccd43211709b1e5bf741c1 100644
--- a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
+++ b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
@@ -129,20 +129,21 @@ int i;
 
 /* default */
   if (cfgparam == NULL) {
-     cfgparam = "libconfig:oaisoftmodem.conf";
+     tmpflags = tmpflags | CONFIG_NOOOPT;
+     cfgparam = DEFAULT_CFGMODE ":" DEFAULT_CFGFILENAME;
      }
 /* parse the config parameters to set the config source */
    i = sscanf(cfgparam,"%m[^':']:%ms",&cfgmode,&modeparams);
    if (i< 0) {
        fprintf(stderr,"[CONFIG] %s, %d, sscanf error parsing config source  %s: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__,cfgparam, strerror(errno));
-       cfgmode=strdup("libconfig");
-       modeparams = strdup("oaisoftmodem.conf");
+       cfgmode=strdup(DEFAULT_CFGMODE);
+       modeparams = strdup(DEFAULT_CFGFILENAME);
    }
    else if ( i == 1 ) {
   /* -O argument doesn't contain ":" separator, assume -O <conf file> option, default cfgmode to libconfig
      with one parameter, the path to the configuration file */
        modeparams=cfgmode;
-       cfgmode=strdup("libconfig");
+       cfgmode=strdup(DEFAULT_CFGMODE);
    }
 
    cfgptr = malloc(sizeof(configmodule_interface_t));
diff --git a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.h b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.h
index 71c642f68054180bf521dfcd8a7e0f12bc39e57b..76f074cd6c38cf805938f28567237368b2d8e253 100644
--- a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.h
+++ b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_DEBUGCMDLINE   4        // print command line processing messages
 #define CONFIG_HELP           8        // print help message
 #define CONFIG_ABORT          16       // config failed,abort execution 
+#define CONFIG_NOOOPT         32       // no -O option found when parsing command line 
 
 
 typedef int(*configmodule_initfunc_t)(char *cfgP[],int numP);
diff --git a/common/config/config_userapi.h b/common/config/config_userapi.h
index 8c8fc9d2bf9da9013c25f5a9c27a80f47dc02f64..5bbc20a950bfb2150a6bfb0945821a08008dab41 100644
--- a/common/config/config_userapi.h
+++ b/common/config/config_userapi.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 extern "C"
 {
 #endif
+#define DEFAULT_CFGFILENAME "oaisoftmodem.conf"
+#define DEFAULT_CFGMODE     "libconfig"
+
 #define CONFIG_GETSOURCE    ( (config_get_if()==NULL) ? NULL : config_get_if()->cfgmode       )
 #define CONFIG_GETNUMP      ( (config_get_if()==NULL) ? 0    : config_get_if()->num_cfgP      )
 #define CONFIG_GETP(P)      ( (config_get_if()==NULL) ? NULL : config_get_if()->cfgP[P]       )
diff --git a/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c b/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c
index 993a004fc66144d0c257894bb6f6a23d7dfe38f6..28f3d2f25ae0789b2b04f12dfd652aa81f654a83 100644
--- a/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c
+++ b/targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static void get_options(void) {
       NB_RU	  = RC.nb_RU;
       printf("Configuration: nb_rrc_inst %d, nb_L1_inst %d, nb_ru %d\n",NB_eNB_INST,RC.nb_L1_inst,NB_RU);
     }
-  } else if (UE_flag == 1 && (CONFIG_GETCONFFILE != NULL)) {
+  } else if (UE_flag == 1 && (!(CONFIG_ISFLAGSET(CONFIG_NOOOPT))) ) {
     // Here the configuration file is the XER encoded UE capabilities
     // Read it in and store in asn1c data structures
     strcpy(uecap_xer,CONFIG_GETCONFFILE);
@@ -731,12 +731,12 @@ void set_default_frame_parms(LTE_DL_FRAME_PARMS *frame_parms[MAX_NUM_CCs]) {
     frame_parms[CC_id]->prach_config_common.prach_ConfigInfo.highSpeedFlag=0;
     frame_parms[CC_id]->prach_config_common.prach_ConfigInfo.prach_FreqOffset=0;
 
-    downlink_frequency[CC_id][0] = 2680000000; // Use float to avoid issue with frequency over 2^31.
-    downlink_frequency[CC_id][1] = downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
-    downlink_frequency[CC_id][2] = downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
-    downlink_frequency[CC_id][3] = downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
+//    downlink_frequency[CC_id][0] = 2680000000; // Use float to avoid issue with frequency over 2^31.
+//    downlink_frequency[CC_id][1] = downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
+//    downlink_frequency[CC_id][2] = downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
+//    downlink_frequency[CC_id][3] = downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
     //printf("Downlink for CC_id %d frequency set to %u\n", CC_id, downlink_frequency[CC_id][0]);
-
+    frame_parms[CC_id]->dl_CarrierFreq=downlink_frequency[CC_id][0];
   }
 
 }
@@ -1083,8 +1083,9 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 	else if (frame_parms[CC_id]->N_RB_DL == 25)
 	  UE[CC_id]->N_TA_offset = 624/4;
       }
-      
+    init_openair0();      
     }
+
   }
 
   fill_modeled_runtime_table(runtime_phy_rx,runtime_phy_tx);