diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f84bc99fb90bf5910a3e37bd0986770bbac48c3..bd4033b4aa2c06316812d5ea1d5916d1f2390b8a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 variables:
   # note: GitLab cannot reference variables defined by users in the include ref:, we need to use a YAML anchor for this
   # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/yaml/includes/#use-variables-with-include for more information
-  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF main
+  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF mld-playback-level-instead-of-rescaling
   # If you need to set some config variable only in a local branch, then add an overwrite here
   # One example is DISABLE_HRTF - this will be set on a branch which is about to be merged and will be removed in a subsequent second MR
   # this is more easily done directly here in the child repo
+  BASOP_CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH: "ci/mld-playback-level-instead-of-rescaling"
 
   # these lines are suposed to stay commented out to serve as an example
   # # set this to true to skip the external HRTF testcases in pytest calls
diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_limiter_fx.c b/lib_com/ivas_limiter_fx.c
index 0ef37acdf183f0003e78b6adc89735ffbfb83ce7..bd7ffc8aca4b80ca33310bfec2ebcdc5b50025b2 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_limiter_fx.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_limiter_fx.c
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ void ivas_limiter_dec_fx(
     {
         channels[c] = output[c]; /*q_factor*/
     }
+
+    for ( c = 0; c < num_channels; ++c )
+    {
+        for ( Word16 i = 0; i < output_frame; ++i )
+        {
+            channels[c][i] = channels[c][i] + 50000 * ( i % 7 );
+        }
+    }
     Word32 limiter_thresold = L_shl( IVAS_LIMITER_THRESHOLD, q_factor ); /*q_factor*/
     limiter_process_fx( hLimiter, output_frame, limiter_thresold, BER_detect, &hLimiter->strong_saturation_count, q_factor );