diff --git a/slsReceiverSoftware/src/UDPStandardImplementation.cpp b/slsReceiverSoftware/src/UDPStandardImplementation.cpp
index e4113089f..8d2ec4c6e 100644
--- a/slsReceiverSoftware/src/UDPStandardImplementation.cpp
+++ b/slsReceiverSoftware/src/UDPStandardImplementation.cpp
@@ -1672,8 +1672,8 @@ void UDPStandardImplementation::startDataCallback(){
 
 	//socket details
 	void *context = zmq_ctx_new();
-	void *zmqsocket = zmq_socket(context, ZMQ_PUSH);		// create a publisher
-	int val = -1;
+	void *zmqsocket = zmq_socket(context, ZMQ_PUB);		// create a publisher
+	int val = 100;
 	zmq_setsockopt(zmqsocket, ZMQ_LINGER, &val,sizeof(val)); // wait for the unsent packets  before closing socket
 	zmq_bind(zmqsocket,hostName);		// bind
 	FILE_LOG(logINFO) << "Thread" << ithread << ": ZMQ Server at " << hostName;