diff --git a/srslte/lib/phch/src/sch.c b/srslte/lib/phch/src/sch.c
index a0a0e44e5..b63873cad 100644
--- a/srslte/lib/phch/src/sch.c
+++ b/srslte/lib/phch/src/sch.c
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ int srslte_sch_init(srslte_sch_t *q) {
       goto clean;
     }
 
+    q->max_iterations = SRSLTE_PDSCH_MAX_TDEC_ITERS;
+    
     srslte_rm_turbo_gentables();
     
     // Allocate int16 for reception (LLRs)
@@ -169,6 +171,9 @@ void srslte_sch_free(srslte_sch_t *q) {
   bzero(q, sizeof(srslte_sch_t));
 }
 
+void srslte_sch_set_max_noi(srslte_sch_t *q, uint32_t max_iterations) {
+  q->max_iterations = max_iterations;
+}
 
 float srslte_sch_average_noi(srslte_sch_t *q) {
   return q->average_nof_iterations; 
@@ -437,7 +442,7 @@ static int decode_tb(srslte_sch_t *q,
           early_stop = true;           
         }
        
-      } while (q->nof_iterations < SRSLTE_PDSCH_MAX_TDEC_ITERS && !early_stop);
+      } while (q->nof_iterations < q->max_iterations && !early_stop);
       q->average_nof_iterations = SRSLTE_VEC_EMA((float) q->nof_iterations, q->average_nof_iterations, 0.2);
 
       INFO("CB#%d: cb_len: %d, rlen: %d, wp: %d, rp: %d, E: %d, n_iters=%d\n", i,
diff --git a/srslte/lib/ue/src/ue_ul.c b/srslte/lib/ue/src/ue_ul.c
index 10ffebc99..8910f8de1 100644
--- a/srslte/lib/ue/src/ue_ul.c
+++ b/srslte/lib/ue/src/ue_ul.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int srslte_ue_ul_pucch_encode(srslte_ue_ul_t *q, srslte_uci_data_t uci_data,
     }
     
     if (q->normalize_en) {
-      float norm_factor = (float) 0.6*q->cell.nof_prb/5;
+      float norm_factor = (float) 0.8*q->cell.nof_prb/5;
       srslte_vec_sc_prod_cfc(output_signal, norm_factor, output_signal, SRSLTE_SF_LEN_PRB(q->cell.nof_prb));
     }
     ret = SRSLTE_SUCCESS;