diff --git a/lib/src/phy/phch/sch_nr.c b/lib/src/phy/phch/sch_nr.c
index 3be09cb6f..848edb3c5 100644
--- a/lib/src/phy/phch/sch_nr.c
+++ b/lib/src/phy/phch/sch_nr.c
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ int srslte_sch_nr_init_rx(srslte_sch_nr_t* q, const srslte_sch_nr_args_t* args)
 #endif // LV_HAVE_AVX2
   }
 
-  float scaling_factor = isnormal(args->decoder_scaling_factor) ? args->decoder_scaling_factor : 0.75f;
+  // If the scaling factor is not provided use a default value that allows decoding all possible combinations of nPRB
+  // and MCS indexes for all possible MCS tables
+  float scaling_factor = isnormal(args->decoder_scaling_factor) ? args->decoder_scaling_factor : 0.8f;
 
   // Iterate over all possible lifting sizes
   for (uint16_t ls = 0; ls <= MAX_LIFTSIZE; ls++) {
@@ -673,4 +675,4 @@ int srslte_sch_nr_tb_info(const srslte_sch_tb_t* tb, char* str, uint32_t str_len
   }
 
   return len;
-}
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+}