diff --git a/lib/msk144d.f90 b/lib/msk144d.f90
index b5ab5d573..e277b011a 100644
--- a/lib/msk144d.f90
+++ b/lib/msk144d.f90
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ program msk144d
 
   character c,mode
   character*80 line(100)
+  character*512 pchk_file
   logical :: display_help=.false.
   type(wav_header) :: wav
   integer*2 id2(15*12000)
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ program msk144d
   call init_timer ('timer.out')
   call timer('jt65    ',0)
 
+  pchk_file='./peg-128-80-reg3.pchk'
   ndecoded=0
   do ifile=noffset+1,noffset+nremain
      call get_command_argument(ifile,optarg,narglen)
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ program msk144d
      read(unit=wav%lun) id2(1:npts)
      close(unit=wav%lun)
      call timer('read    ',1)
-     call msk144_decode(id2,npts,nutc,1,line)
+     call msk144_decode(id2,npts,nutc,1,pchk_file,line)
   enddo
 
   call timer('msk144    ',1)
diff --git a/lib/msk144sim.f90 b/lib/msk144sim.f90
index 62a353959..53b8cba02 100644
--- a/lib/msk144sim.f90
+++ b/lib/msk144sim.f90
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ program msk144sim
   real pings(0:NMAX-1)
   real waveform(0:864-1)
   character arg*8,msg*22,msgsent*22,fname*40
+  character*512 pchk_file
   character*3 rpt(0:7)
   real wave(0:NMAX-1)              !Simulated received waveform
   real*8 dt,twopi,freq,phi,dphi0,dphi1,dphi
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ program msk144sim
   data b11/1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0/
   data rpt /'26 ','27 ','28 ','R26','R27','R28','RRR','73 '/
 
+  pchk_file='./peg-128-80-reg3.pchk'
+
   nargs=iargc()
   if(nargs.ne.5) then
      print*,'Usage:    msk144sim        message       freq width snr nfiles'
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ program msk144sim
   h=default_header(12000,NMAX)
 
   ichk=0
-  call genmsk144(msg,ichk,msgsent,itone,itype) 
+  call genmsk144(msg,ichk,msgsent,itone,itype,pchk_file) 
   twopi=8.d0*atan(1.d0)
   
   dphi0=twopi*(freq-500)/12000.0
diff --git a/lib/syncmsk144.f90 b/lib/syncmsk144.f90
index d2eb90269..058d1a8de 100644
--- a/lib/syncmsk144.f90
+++ b/lib/syncmsk144.f90
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ goto 999
     endif
 
 999 continue
-    write(78,1001) nutc,t0,iav,ipk,is,fdiff,fest,nbadsync1,nbadsync2, &
-               phase0,niterations,ndither,i1hashdec,i1Dec8BitBytes(10),msgreceived 
-1001 format(i6,f8.2,i4,i4,i4,f8.2,f8.2,i4,i4,f8.2,i4,i4,i4,i4,2x,a22)
+!    write(78,1001) nutc,t0,iav,ipk,is,fdiff,fest,nbadsync1,nbadsync2, &
+!               phase0,niterations,ndither,i1hashdec,i1Dec8BitBytes(10),msgreceived 
+!1001 format(i6,f8.2,i4,i4,i4,f8.2,f8.2,i4,i4,f8.2,i4,i4,i4,i4,2x,a22)
 
     return
 end subroutine syncmsk144