diff --git a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd
index 1d8dcd661b0d3bf0a6777c0f34561afdd0a6ffc7..523a0b955f37161dd6a2424b990487cb245f0b60 100644
--- a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd
+++ b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/node_sdp_beamformer.vhd
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ ENTITY node_sdp_beamformer IS
     g_sim_sdp                : t_sdp_sim := c_sdp_sim;
     g_beamset_id             : NATURAL := 0;
     g_scope_selected_beamlet : NATURAL := 0;
-    g_subband_raw_dat_w      : NATURAL := c_sdp_W_subband;
-    g_subband_raw_fraction_w : NATURAL := 0
+    -- Use no default raw width, to force instance to set it
+    g_subband_raw_dat_w      : NATURAL;  -- default: c_sdp_W_subband;
+    g_subband_raw_fraction_w : NATURAL   -- default: 0
   );
   PORT (
     dp_clk        : IN  STD_LOGIC;
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ BEGIN
   u_reorder_col_wide : ENTITY reorder_lib.reorder_col_wide
   GENERIC MAP (
     g_wb_factor          => c_sdp_P_pfb, -- g_wb_factor is only used for number of parallel streams 
-    g_dsp_data_w         => c_sdp_W_subband,
+    g_dsp_data_w         => g_subband_raw_dat_w,
     g_nof_ch_in          => c_sdp_N_sub * c_sdp_Q_fft,
     g_nof_ch_sel         => c_sdp_S_sub_bf * c_sdp_Q_fft,
     g_select_file_prefix => c_bf_select_file_prefix,