diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c81e445..a8657b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ set(TARGET_INCLUDES
 )
 
 set(TARGET_DEFS
-    "ITERATIONS=1"
+    "ITERATIONS=65536"
     "PERFORMANCE_RUN=1"
 )
 
diff --git a/include/core_portme.h b/include/core_portme.h
index 775b9d3..881ede7 100644
--- a/include/core_portme.h
+++ b/include/core_portme.h
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ typedef uint32_t CORE_TICKS;
 #endif
 #endif
 #ifndef COMPILER_FLAGS
-#define COMPILER_FLAGS \
-    "-O2"
+#define COMPILER_FLAGS "-O2"
 #endif
 #ifndef MEM_LOCATION
 #define MEM_LOCATION "DDR2 LMI"
@@ -93,14 +92,14 @@ typedef uint32_t CORE_TICKS;
         ee_ptr_int needs to be the data type used to hold pointers, otherwise
    coremark may fail!!!
 */
-typedef signed short   ee_s16;
-typedef unsigned short ee_u16;
-typedef signed int     ee_s32;
-typedef double         ee_f32;
-typedef unsigned char  ee_u8;
-typedef unsigned int   ee_u32;
-typedef ee_u32         ee_ptr_int;
-typedef size_t         ee_size_t;
+typedef int16_t  ee_s16;
+typedef uint16_t ee_u16;
+typedef int32_t  ee_s32;
+typedef float    ee_f32;
+typedef uint8_t  ee_u8;
+typedef uint32_t ee_u32;
+typedef ee_u32   ee_ptr_int;
+typedef size_t   ee_size_t;
 /* align_mem :
         This macro is used to align an offset to point to a 32b value. It is
    used in the Matrix algorithm to initialize the input memory blocks.
@@ -187,8 +186,7 @@ typedef size_t         ee_size_t;
 */
 extern ee_u32 default_num_contexts;
 
-typedef struct CORE_PORTABLE_S
-{
+typedef struct CORE_PORTABLE_S {
     ee_u8 portable_id;
 } core_portable;
 
@@ -196,8 +194,7 @@ typedef struct CORE_PORTABLE_S
 void portable_init(core_portable *p, int *argc, char *argv[]);
 void portable_fini(core_portable *p);
 
-#if !defined(PROFILE_RUN) && !defined(PERFORMANCE_RUN) \
-    && !defined(VALIDATION_RUN)
+#if !defined(PROFILE_RUN) && !defined(PERFORMANCE_RUN) && !defined(VALIDATION_RUN)
 #if (TOTAL_DATA_SIZE == 1200)
 #define PROFILE_RUN 1
 #elif (TOTAL_DATA_SIZE == 2000)
diff --git a/lib/coremark b/lib/coremark
index eefc986..cfa9ab3 160000
--- a/lib/coremark
+++ b/lib/coremark
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit eefc986ebd3452d6adde22eafaff3e5c859f29e4
+Subproject commit cfa9ab377835911f23d9b0831c7be302ed1f58de
diff --git a/src/core_portme.c b/src/core_portme.c
index 04f776e..e84ce0b 100644
--- a/src/core_portme.c
+++ b/src/core_portme.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ volatile ee_s32 seed5_volatile = 0;
    time.h and windows.h definitions included.
 */
 
-#define EE_TICKS_PER_SEC 100000
+#define EE_TICKS_PER_SEC 97656
 
 /** Define Host specific (POSIX), or target specific global time variables. */
 static uint32_t start_time_val, stop_time_val;
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ void start_time(void) {
 
     start_time_val = reload_value;
 
-    TMU->TSTR &= ~TMU_TSTR_STR0_Msk;       /* Stop counter */
-    TMU->TCR0  = 0x04U; /* 1024 prescale */
-    TMU->TCNT0 = reload_value;             /* 100kHz */
-    TMU->TCOR0 = reload_value;             /* Reload register */
-    TMU->TSTR |= TMU_TSTR_STR0_Msk;        /* Start counter */
+    TMU->TSTR &= ~TMU_TSTR_STR0_Msk; /* Stop counter */
+    TMU->TCR0  = 0x04U;              /* 1024 prescale */
+    TMU->TCNT0 = reload_value;       /* 100kHz */
+    TMU->TCOR0 = reload_value;       /* Reload register */
+    TMU->TSTR |= TMU_TSTR_STR0_Msk;  /* Start counter */
 }
 /* Function : stop_time
         This function will be called right after ending the timed portion of the
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ void start_time(void) {
 void stop_time(void) {
     TMU->TSTR &= ~TMU_TSTR_STR0_Msk; /* Stop counter */
     stop_time_val = TMU->TCNT0;
+
+    printf("Stop time: 0x%09lx\r\n", stop_time_val);
 }
 /* Function : get_time
         Return an abstract "ticks" number that signifies time on the system.
@@ -97,7 +99,8 @@ void stop_time(void) {
    controlled by <TIMER_RES_DIVIDER>
 */
 CORE_TICKS get_time(void) {
-    CORE_TICKS elapsed = (CORE_TICKS)(stop_time_val - start_time_val);
+    CORE_TICKS elapsed = (CORE_TICKS)(start_time_val - stop_time_val);
+    printf("Get time: 0x%08lx\r\n", elapsed);
     return elapsed;
 }
 /* Function : time_in_secs
@@ -139,13 +142,15 @@ void portable_init(core_portable *p, int *argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     uart_init();
 
+    ee_printf("Portable initialized\r\n");
+
     if (sizeof(ee_ptr_int) != sizeof(ee_u8 *)) {
         ee_printf(
             "ERROR! Please define ee_ptr_int to a type that holds a "
-            "pointer!\n");
+            "pointer!\r\n");
     }
     if (sizeof(ee_u32) != 4) {
-        ee_printf("ERROR! Please define ee_u32 to a 32b unsigned type!\n");
+        ee_printf("ERROR! Please define ee_u32 to a 32b unsigned type!\r\n");
     }
     p->portable_id = 1;
 }