diff --git a/lib/ft8/chkcrc12a.f90 b/lib/ft8/chkcrc12a.f90
index c8b2c88..8188863 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/chkcrc12a.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/chkcrc12a.f90
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ subroutine chkcrc12a(decoded,nbadcrc)
   i1Dec8BitBytes(10)=iand(i1Dec8BitBytes(10),128+64+32)
   i1Dec8BitBytes(11)=0
   icrc12=crc12(c_loc(i1Dec8BitBytes),11)          !CRC12 computed from 75 msg bits
-  ! icrc12=xor(icrc12, 41) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
+  icrc12=xor(icrc12, 42) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
 
   nbadcrc=1
   if(ncrc12.eq.icrc12) nbadcrc=0
diff --git a/lib/ft8/extractmessage174.f90 b/lib/ft8/extractmessage174.f90
index 7086973..4221f38 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/extractmessage174.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/extractmessage174.f90
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ subroutine extractmessage174(decoded,msgreceived,ncrcflag)
   i1Dec8BitBytes(10)=iand(i1Dec8BitBytes(10),128+64+32)
   i1Dec8BitBytes(11)=0
   icrc12=crc12(c_loc(i1Dec8BitBytes),11)          !CRC12 computed from 75 msg bits
-!  icrc12=xor(icrc12, 41) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
+  icrc12=xor(icrc12, 42) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
 
-  if(ncrc12.eq.icrc12 .or. sum(decoded(57:87)).eq.0) then  !### Kludge ###
+  if(ncrc12.eq.icrc12) then ! .or. sum(decoded(57:87)).eq.0) then  !### Kludge ###
 ! CRC12 checks out --- unpack 72-bit message
     do ibyte=1,12
       itmp=0
diff --git a/lib/ft8/genft8.f90 b/lib/ft8/genft8.f90
index a8ad7fb..6575b22 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/genft8.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/genft8.f90
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ subroutine genft8(msg,mygrid,bcontest,i3bit,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
   i1Msg8BitBytes(10)=iand(i1Msg8BitBytes(10),128+64+32)
   i1Msg8BitBytes(11)=0
   icrc12=crc12(c_loc(i1Msg8BitBytes),11)
-!  icrc12=xor(icrc12, 41) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
+  icrc12=xor(icrc12, 42) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
 
 ! For reference, here's how to check the CRC
 !  i1Msg8BitBytes(10)=icrc12/256
diff --git a/lib/ft8/ldpcsim174.f90 b/lib/ft8/ldpcsim174.f90
index f153db3..53a6b10 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/ldpcsim174.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/ldpcsim174.f90
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ allocate ( rxdata(N), llr(N) )
 
   i1Msg8BitBytes(10:11)=0
   checksum = crc12 (c_loc (i1Msg8BitBytes), 11)
-!  checksum = xor(checksum, 41) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
+  checksum = xor(checksum, 42) ! TODO: jsherer - could change the crc here
 ! For reference, the next 3 lines show how to check the CRC
   i1Msg8BitBytes(10)=checksum/256
   i1Msg8BitBytes(11)=iand (checksum,255)