diff --git a/srsenb/test/rrc/CMakeLists.txt b/srsenb/test/rrc/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cf376160..6861842bd 100644
--- a/srsenb/test/rrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/srsenb/test/rrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ add_library(test_helpers test_helpers.cc)
 target_link_libraries(test_helpers srsenb_rrc srsenb_common rrc_asn1 rrc_nr_asn1 s1ap_asn1 srsran_common enb_cfg_parser ${LIBCONFIGPP_LIBRARIES})
 
 add_executable(rrc_nr_test rrc_nr_test.cc)
-target_link_libraries(rrc_nr_test srsgnb_rrc test_helpers rrc_nr_asn1 ${ATOMIC_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(rrc_nr_test srsgnb_rrc test_helpers ${ATOMIC_LIBS})
 add_test(rrc_nr_test rrc_nr_test -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..)
 
 add_executable(rrc_meascfg_test rrc_meascfg_test.cc)
diff --git a/srsenb/test/rrc/rrc_nr_test.cc b/srsenb/test/rrc/rrc_nr_test.cc
index 84e096755..8f012f556 100644
--- a/srsenb/test/rrc/rrc_nr_test.cc
+++ b/srsenb/test/rrc/rrc_nr_test.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "srsenb/hdr/enb.h"
 #include "srsenb/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.h"
 #include "srsenb/test/common/dummy_classes_common.h"
 #include "srsenb/test/common/dummy_classes_nr.h"
@@ -76,10 +77,15 @@ int test_rrc_setup()
   rrc_nr       rrc_obj(&task_sched);
 
   // set cfg
-  rrc_cell_cfg_nr_t cell_cfg   = {};
-  rrc_nr_cfg_t      rrc_cfg_nr = rrc_obj.update_default_cfg(rrc_nr_cfg_t{});
-  test_helpers::parse_default_cfg(&rrc_cfg_nr);
-  rrc_cfg_nr.cell_list.push_back(cell_cfg);
+  all_args_t   args{};
+  phy_cfg_t    phy_cfg{};
+  rrc_nr_cfg_t rrc_cfg_nr = rrc_obj.update_default_cfg(rrc_nr_cfg_t{});
+  rrc_cfg_nr.cell_list.emplace_back();
+  rrc_cfg_nr.cell_list[0].phy_cell.carrier.pci = 500;
+  rrc_cfg_nr.cell_list[0].dl_arfcn             = 634240;
+  rrc_cfg_nr.cell_list[0].band                 = 78;
+  args.enb.n_prb                               = 50;
+  enb_conf_sections::set_derived_args_nr(&args, &rrc_cfg_nr, &phy_cfg);
   TESTASSERT(rrc_obj.init(rrc_cfg_nr, &phy_obj, &mac_obj, &rlc_obj, &pdcp_obj, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr) ==
              SRSRAN_SUCCESS);
 
@@ -96,8 +102,19 @@ int test_rrc_setup()
 
 } // namespace srsenb
 
-int main()
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+  auto& logger = srslog::fetch_basic_logger("ASN1");
+  logger.set_level(srslog::basic_levels::info);
+
+  srslog::init();
+
+  if (argc < 3) {
+    argparse::usage(argv[0]);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  argparse::parse_args(argc, argv);
+
   // FIXME: disabled temporarily until SIB generation is fixed
   // TESTASSERT(srsenb::test_sib_generation() == SRSRAN_SUCCESS);
   TESTASSERT(srsenb::test_rrc_setup() == SRSRAN_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/srsenb/test/rrc/test_helpers.cc b/srsenb/test/rrc/test_helpers.cc
index 7b1c9e882..0af028974 100644
--- a/srsenb/test/rrc/test_helpers.cc
+++ b/srsenb/test/rrc/test_helpers.cc
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ int parse_default_cfg(rrc_nr_cfg_t* rrc_nr_cfg)
 
 int parse_default_cfg(srsenb::all_args_t* args, rrc_cfg_t* rrc_cfg, phy_cfg_t* phy_cfg, rrc_nr_cfg_t* rrc_nr_cfg)
 {
-  *args       = {};
-  *rrc_cfg    = {};
-  *phy_cfg    = {};
-  *rrc_nr_cfg = {};
+  *args    = {};
+  *rrc_cfg = {};
+  *phy_cfg = {};
 
   args->enb_files.sib_config = argparse::repository_dir + "/sib.conf.example";
   args->enb_files.rr_config  = argparse::repository_dir + "/rr.conf.example";