diff --git a/lib_com/bitstream.c b/lib_com/bitstream.c
index 12f172f2a3ac607ddc21a65404a73e0d3ac5bcff..a542a4f23030233a101fde27f93a210185e304b6 100644
--- a/lib_com/bitstream.c
+++ b/lib_com/bitstream.c
@@ -1950,6 +1950,14 @@ ivas_error preview_indices(
             /* read number of objects from the bitstream */
             st_ivas->nchan_transport = 1;
 
+#ifdef FIX_ISM_DECODER_PRINTOUT
+            k = (int16_t) ( ( total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC ) - 1 );
+            while ( bit_stream[k] == 1 && st_ivas->nchan_transport < MAX_NUM_OBJECTS )
+            {
+                st_ivas->nchan_transport++;
+                k--;
+            }
+#else
             if ( total_brate != SID_2k40 && total_brate != FRAME_NO_DATA )
             {
                 k = (int16_t) ( ( total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC ) - 1 );
@@ -1959,7 +1967,7 @@ ivas_error preview_indices(
                     k--;
                 }
             }
-
+#endif
             st_ivas->transport_config = AUDIO_CONFIG_EXTERNAL + st_ivas->nchan_transport;
 
             st_ivas->ism_mode = ivas_ism_mode_select( st_ivas->nchan_transport, total_brate );
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a4c706f0ee0d96b66a3406a10803a2e22b5cc28b..388f61bd95bb6d32042c706bdf9b3668e9c87278 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@
 #define FIX_DTX_RANGE                                   /* Issue 118: fix the DTX usage: default DTX up to 64 kbps, otherwise only in silence */
 #define FIX_ISM_METADATA_READER                         /* Issue 211: make ISM metadata file reader robust against invalid files */
 #define FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN                            /* Issue 223: change return data type in function get_delay() */
+#define NTT_REDUC_COMP_POC                              /* NTT Contribution 10: Complexity reduction of phase spectrum in stereo downmix*/
+#define FIX_ISM_DECODER_PRINTOUT                        /* Issue 229: fix ISM decoder printout */
 
-/* NTT switches */
-#define NTT_REDUC_COMP_POC                              /* Contribution  : Complexity reduction of phase spectrum in stereo downmix*/
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */