diff --git a/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/fiberaccess_node.py b/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/fiberaccess_node.py
index 0463f5df..89b12e6e 100644
--- a/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/fiberaccess_node.py
+++ b/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/fiberaccess_node.py
@@ -229,4 +229,8 @@ def configure(self, attributes, flavor):
         cfg_tuple, cfg_kwargs = self.get_flavor(flavor=flavor).configure(attributes)
         cfg_kwargs['flavor'] = flavor
 
+        vr_mode = 0
+        cfg_tuple += (vr_mode,)
+        cfg_kwargs["vr_mode"] = vr_mode
+
         return cfg_tuple, cfg_kwargs
diff --git a/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/intersect_node.py b/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/intersect_node.py
index 453b6bec..18e20d9e 100644
--- a/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/intersect_node.py
+++ b/sam/onyx/hw_nodes/intersect_node.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ def configure(self, attributes):
         cfg_kwargs = {
             'cmrg_enable': cmrg_enable,
             'cmrg_stop_lvl': cmrg_stop_lvl,
-            'op': op
+            'op': op,
+            'vr_mode': 0
         }
-        return (cmrg_enable, cmrg_stop_lvl, op), cfg_kwargs
+        return (cmrg_enable, cmrg_stop_lvl, op, 0), cfg_kwargs