diff --git a/dependencies.yml b/dependencies.yml
index ef253d7730975e2d593f390d9369d84a5370b2f7..670f80fbf8418f72ac9b763d0e9ff92be90710e8 100644
--- a/dependencies.yml
+++ b/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 sources:
     emp-fwk:
-        branch: v0.9.0-alpha2
+        branch: feature/v0.9.0-alpha2-w-lpgbt-fec-cntr
         url: https://gitlab.cern.ch/p2-xware/firmware/emp-fwk.git
 
     ttc_legacy:
diff --git a/top/charm/firmware/hdl/emp_payload.vhd b/top/charm/firmware/hdl/emp_payload.vhd
index ac9e640368bf462e5bf4e620077f121bd5b4e894..5b581845905f18952030a28e181d27cd9f419e67 100644
--- a/top/charm/firmware/hdl/emp_payload.vhd
+++ b/top/charm/firmware/hdl/emp_payload.vhd
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ begin
         generic map (
             module_type => cDTCInputLinkMap(i).module_type,
             bandwidth   => cDTCInputLinkMap(i).bandwidth,
-            cic_type    => cDTCInputLinkMap(i).cic_type
+            cic_type    => cDTCInputLinkMap(i).cic_type,
+            emp_channel => cDTCInputLinkMap(i).index
         )
         port map (
             --- Input Ports ---