diff --git a/include/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/include/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index a70347dff..fad0cf741 100644
--- a/include/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/include/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -87,15 +87,14 @@
 #define configUSE_DAEMON_TASK_STARTUP_HOOK      0
 
 /* Run time and task stats gathering related definitions. */
-#define configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY                0                                // switch on task status output
-#define configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS           configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY
+#define configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS           0                                // switch on task status output
 #define configUSE_STATS_FORMATTING_FUNCTIONS    0
 
-#if configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY
+#if configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS
     #define TF_TIMER_BASE            _u(0x40054000)
     #define TF_TIMER_TIMERAWL_OFFSET _u(0x00000028)
 
-    #warning "configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY is set"
+    #warning "configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS is set"
     #define portCONFIGURE_TIMER_FOR_RUN_TIME_STATS()        do {} while( 0 )
     #define portALT_GET_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_VALUE( dest )      ( dest = *((uint32_t *)(TF_TIMER_BASE + TF_TIMER_TIMERAWL_OFFSET)) )
 #endif
@@ -123,9 +122,8 @@
 #define configRUN_MULTIPLE_PRIORITIES           1
 #if configNUM_CORES != 1
     #define configUSE_CORE_AFFINITY             1
-#endif
-#if !defined(configUSE_CORE_AFFINITY)  ||  configUSE_CORE_AFFINITY == 0
-    #define xTaskCreateAffinitySet(FUN,NAM,STK,PAR,PRI,AFF,HND)   xTaskCreate(FUN,NAM,STK,PAR,PRI,HND)
+    #undef configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY
+    #define configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY            1                                // required for setup of core affinity
 #endif
 
 /* RP2040 specific */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8f4031f09..4575e6802 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void dap_task(void *ptr)
 
 
 
-#if configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY
+#if configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS
 static uint32_t tusb_count;
 static TimerHandle_t timer_task_stat;
 static EventGroupHandle_t events_task_stat;
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void print_task_stat(void *ptr)
                 prev_tick_us[task_ndx] = curr_tick;
             }
             printf("---------------------------------------\n");
-            printf("              %3lu %3lu\n", percent_sum, percent_total_sum);
+            printf("              %4lu %4lu\n", percent_sum, percent_total_sum);
         }
         printf("---------------------------------------\n");
 
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ void usb_thread(void *ptr)
     xTaskCreate(dap_task, "CMSIS-DAP", configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE, NULL, DAP_TASK_PRIO, &dap_taskhandle);
 #endif
 
-#if configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY
+#if configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS
     {
         TaskHandle_t task_stat_handle;
         xTaskCreate(print_task_stat, "Print Task Stat", configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE, NULL, 30, &task_stat_handle);
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ void usb_thread(void *ptr)
 
     tusb_init();
     for (;;) {
-#if configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY
+#if configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS
         ++tusb_count;
 #endif
         tud_task();             // the FreeRTOS version goes into blocking state if its event queue is empty
diff --git a/src/rtt_console.c b/src/rtt_console.c
index 40d1faa6f..0e6dc3eb7 100755
--- a/src/rtt_console.c
+++ b/src/rtt_console.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ static uint16_t ft_channel;
 static uint32_t ft_rtt_cb;
 static uint8_t ft_buf[256];
 static uint32_t ft_cnt;
+static bool ft_ok;
 
 static void rtt_from_target_thread(void *)
 /**
@@ -240,13 +241,11 @@ static void rtt_from_target_thread(void *)
  */
 {
     for (;;) {
-        bool ok;
-
         xEventGroupWaitBits(events, EV_RTT_FROM_TARGET_STRT, pdTRUE, pdFALSE, portMAX_DELAY);
 
-        ok = swd_read_word(ft_rtt_cb + offsetof(SEGGER_RTT_CB, aUp[ft_channel].WrOff), (uint32_t *)&(ft_aUp->WrOff));
+        ft_ok = swd_read_word(ft_rtt_cb + offsetof(SEGGER_RTT_CB, aUp[ft_channel].WrOff), (uint32_t *)&(ft_aUp->WrOff));
 
-        if (ok  &&  ft_aUp->WrOff != ft_aUp->RdOff) {
+        if (ft_ok  &&  ft_aUp->WrOff != ft_aUp->RdOff) {
             //
             // fetch data from target
             //
@@ -259,9 +258,9 @@ static void rtt_from_target_thread(void *)
             ft_cnt = MIN(ft_cnt, sizeof(ft_buf));
 
             memset(ft_buf, 0, sizeof(ft_buf));
-            ok = ok  &&  swd_read_memory((uint32_t)ft_aUp->pBuffer + ft_aUp->RdOff, ft_buf, ft_cnt);
+            ft_ok = ft_ok  &&  swd_read_memory((uint32_t)ft_aUp->pBuffer + ft_aUp->RdOff, ft_buf, ft_cnt);
             ft_aUp->RdOff = (ft_aUp->RdOff + ft_cnt) % ft_aUp->SizeOfBuffer;
-            ok = ok  &&  swd_write_word(ft_rtt_cb + offsetof(SEGGER_RTT_CB, aUp[ft_channel].RdOff), ft_aUp->RdOff);
+            ft_ok = ft_ok  &&  swd_write_word(ft_rtt_cb + offsetof(SEGGER_RTT_CB, aUp[ft_channel].RdOff), ft_aUp->RdOff);
         }
         else {
             ft_cnt = 0;
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ static bool rtt_from_target(uint32_t rtt_cb, uint16_t channel, SEGGER_RTT_BUFFER
             *worked = true;
         }
     }
-    return true;
+    return ft_ok;
 #else
     bool ok = true;
     uint8_t buf[256];