diff --git a/.cproject b/.cproject
index bc9079e..6826073 100644
--- a/.cproject
+++ b/.cproject
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 				</extensions>
 			</storageModule>
 			<storageModule moduleId="cdtBuildSystem" version="4.0.0">
-				<configuration artifactName="${ProjName}" buildProperties="" description="" id="cmake4eclipse.mbs.toolchain.cmake.134761605" name="Debug" optionalBuildProperties="org.eclipse.cdt.docker.launcher.containerbuild.property.selectedvolumes=,org.eclipse.cdt.docker.launcher.containerbuild.property.volumes=" parent="org.eclipse.cdt.build.core.emptycfg">
+				<configuration artifactName="${ProjName}" buildProperties="" description="" id="cmake4eclipse.mbs.toolchain.cmake.134761605" name="Debug" optionalBuildProperties="org.eclipse.cdt.docker.launcher.containerbuild.property.volumes=,org.eclipse.cdt.docker.launcher.containerbuild.property.selectedvolumes=" parent="org.eclipse.cdt.build.core.emptycfg">
 					<folderInfo id="cmake4eclipse.mbs.toolchain.cmake.134761605.1159094612" name="/" resourcePath="">
 						<toolChain id="cmake4eclipse.mbs.toolchain.cmake.1883503430" name="CMake driven" superClass="cmake4eclipse.mbs.toolchain.cmake">
 							<targetPlatform id="cmake4eclipse.mbs.targetPlatform.cmake.1279728098" name="Any Platform" superClass="cmake4eclipse.mbs.targetPlatform.cmake"/>
diff --git a/scc b/scc
index e5439d3..bccc926 160000
--- a/scc
+++ b/scc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e5439d3a32faaec0c1ac750c337597b48f855831
+Subproject commit bccc9269ff84181d1287dd6021ab5eb52f8909d0
diff --git a/src/sc_main.cpp b/src/sc_main.cpp
index e8322ca..b1fe425 100644
--- a/src/sc_main.cpp
+++ b/src/sc_main.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ void ABRThandler(int sig) { longjmp(abrt, 1); }
 int sc_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     signal(SIGABRT, ABRThandler);
     auto my_name = util::split(argv[0], '/').back();
-    scc::init_logging(LogConfig().logLevel(getenv("SCC_TEST_VERBOSE") ? log::TRACE : log::FATAL).logAsync(false).msgTypeFieldWidth(35));
+    auto level = getenv("SCC_TEST_VERBOSE");
+    auto log_lvl = level ? static_cast<scc::log>(std::min(strtoul(level, nullptr, 10) + 4, 7UL)) : log::FATAL;
+    scc::init_logging(LogConfig().logLevel(log_lvl).logAsync(false).msgTypeFieldWidth(35));
     // create tracer if environment variable SCC_TEST_TRACE is defined
     std::unique_ptr<scc::tracer> tracer;
     if(auto* test_trace = getenv("SCC_TEST_TRACE")) {
diff --git a/tests/axi4_pin_level/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/axi4_pin_level/CMakeLists.txt
index ffcfa7b..53ff21a 100644
--- a/tests/axi4_pin_level/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/axi4_pin_level/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project (axi4_pin_level)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} 
-	narrow_burst_test.cpp
+	burst_test.cpp
 	${test_util_SOURCE_DIR}/sc_main.cpp
 )
 target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC test_util)
diff --git a/tests/axi4_pin_level/narrow_burst_test.cpp b/tests/axi4_pin_level/burst_test.cpp
similarity index 65%
rename from tests/axi4_pin_level/narrow_burst_test.cpp
rename to tests/axi4_pin_level/burst_test.cpp
index 65dd339..2315ec8 100644
--- a/tests/axi4_pin_level/narrow_burst_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/axi4_pin_level/burst_test.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,55 @@ using tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec = std::vector<tlm::scc::tlm_gp_shared_ptr>;
 
 factory::add<testbench> tb;
 
+//// DataTransfer()
+//// ==============
+// void DataTransfer(uint64_t Start_Address, unsigned axsize, unsigned axlen, unsigned Data_Bus_Bytes, axi::burst_e Mode, bool IsWrite) {
+//     auto Number_Bytes = 2u<<axsize;
+//     auto Burst_Length = axlen+1;
+//// Data_Bus_Bytes is the number of 8-bit byte lanes in the bus
+//// Mode is the AXI transfer mode
+//// IsWrite is TRUE for a write, and FALSE for a read
+// auto addr = Start_Address; // Variable for current address
+// auto Aligned_Address = (unsigned(addr/Number_Bytes) * Number_Bytes);
+// auto aligned = (Aligned_Address == addr); // Check whether addr is aligned to nbytes
+// auto dtsize = Number_Bytes * Burst_Length; // Maximum total data transaction size
+// auto Lower_Wrap_Boundary = 0ULL;
+// auto Upper_Wrap_Boundary = 0ULL
+// if(Mode == axi::burst_e::WRAP){
+//     Lower_Wrap_Boundary = (uint64_t(addr/dtsize) * dtsize);
+//     // addr must be aligned for a wrapping burst
+//     Upper_Wrap_Boundary = Lower_Wrap_Boundary + dtsize;
+// }
+// for(unsigned i=0; i<Burst_Length; ++i) {
+//     auto n = i+1;
+//     auto Lower_Byte_Lane = addr - (uint64_t(addr/Data_Bus_Bytes)) * Data_Bus_Bytes;
+//     if(aligned){
+//         auto Upper_Byte_Lane = Lower_Byte_Lane + Number_Bytes - 1;
+//     } else {
+//         auto Upper_Byte_Lane = Aligned_Address + Number_Bytes - 1
+//                 - (uint64_t(addr/Data_Bus_Bytes)) * Data_Bus_Bytes;
+//     }
+//     // Peform data transfer
+//     if(IsWrite)
+//         dwrite(addr, low_byte, high_byte);
+//     else
+//         dread(addr, low_byte, high_byte);
+//     // Increment address if necessary
+//     if(Mode != axi::burst_e::FIXED) {
+//         if(aligned){
+//             addr = addr + Number_Bytes;
+//             if(Mode == axi::burst_e::WRAP){
+//                     // WRAP mode is always aligned
+//                     if(addr >= Upper_Wrap_Boundary) addr = Lower_Wrap_Boundary;
+//             }
+//         } else {
+//             addr = Aligned_Address + Number_Bytes;
+//             aligned = true; // All transfers after the first are aligned
+//         }
+//     }
+// }
+// return;
+// }
 bool is_equal(tlm::tlm_generic_payload const& a, tlm::tlm_generic_payload const& b) {
     auto ret = true;
     ret &= a.get_command() == b.get_command();
@@ -39,7 +88,9 @@ tlm::tlm_generic_payload* prepare_trans(uint64_t start_address, unsigned addr_in
     ext->set_size(scc::ilog2(width));
     sc_assert(len < (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8) || len % (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8) == 0);
     auto length = (len * 8 - 1) / (8 * width);
-    if(width == (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8) && start_address % (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8))
+    //    if(width == (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8) && start_address % (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8))
+    //        length++;
+    if(start_address % (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8) + width > (bus_cfg::BUSWIDTH / 8))
         length++;
     ext->set_length(length);
     // ext->set_burst(len * 8 > bus_cfg::buswidth ? axi::burst_e::INCR : axi::burst_e::FIXED);
@@ -82,7 +133,7 @@ template <typename STATE> unsigned run_scenario(STATE& state) {
         unsigned int StartAddr{0x0};
         for(int i = 0; i < state.NumberOfIterations; ++i) {
             tlm::scc::tlm_gp_shared_ptr trans =
-                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr, 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 1);
+                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr + (state.unaligned ? 2 : 0), 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 1);
             trans->set_command(tlm::TLM_READ_COMMAND);
             SCCDEBUG("run1") << "iteration " << i << " TX: " << *trans;
             dut.intor_pe.transport(*trans, false);
@@ -95,7 +146,7 @@ template <typename STATE> unsigned run_scenario(STATE& state) {
         unsigned int StartAddr{0x2000};
         for(int i = 0; i < state.NumberOfIterations; ++i) {
             tlm::scc::tlm_gp_shared_ptr trans =
-                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr, 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 2);
+                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr + (state.unaligned ? 2 : 0), 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 2);
             trans->set_command(tlm::TLM_WRITE_COMMAND);
             randomize(*trans);
             SCCDEBUG("run2") << "iteration " << i << " TX: " << *trans;
@@ -109,7 +160,7 @@ template <typename STATE> unsigned run_scenario(STATE& state) {
         unsigned int StartAddr{0x1000};
         for(int i = 0; i < state.NumberOfIterations; ++i) {
             tlm::scc::tlm_gp_shared_ptr trans =
-                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr, 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 3);
+                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr + (state.unaligned ? 2 : 0), 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 3);
             trans->set_command(tlm::TLM_READ_COMMAND);
             SCCDEBUG("run3") << "iteration " << i << " TX: " << *trans;
             dut.intor_pe.transport(*trans, false);
@@ -122,7 +173,7 @@ template <typename STATE> unsigned run_scenario(STATE& state) {
         unsigned int StartAddr{0x3000};
         for(int i = 0; i < state.NumberOfIterations; ++i) {
             tlm::scc::tlm_gp_shared_ptr trans =
-                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr, 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 4);
+                prepare_trans<testbench::bus_cfg>(StartAddr + (state.unaligned ? 2 : 0), 4, state.BurstLengthByte, state.BurstSizeBytes, 4);
             trans->set_command(tlm::TLM_WRITE_COMMAND);
             randomize(*trans);
             SCCDEBUG("run4") << "iteration " << i << " TX: " << *trans;
@@ -141,7 +192,8 @@ template <typename STATE> unsigned run_scenario(STATE& state) {
     return cycles;
 }
 
-void axi4_burst_alignment(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp) {
+void axi4_burst_alignment(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp, bool unaligned = false) {
+    SCCINFO(__FUNCTION__) << "starting with pipelined_wrreq=" << pipelined_wrreq << " and write_bp=" << write_bp;
     struct {
         unsigned int ResetCycles{4};
         unsigned int BurstLengthByte{16};
@@ -150,8 +202,10 @@ void axi4_burst_alignment(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp) {
         std::unordered_map<unsigned, std::pair<tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec, tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec>> read_tx;
         std::unordered_map<unsigned, std::pair<tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec, tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec>> write_tx;
         unsigned resp_cnt{0};
+        bool unaligned{false};
     } state;
 
+    state.unaligned = unaligned;
     auto& dut = factory::get<testbench>();
     dut.intor_bfm.pipelined_wrreq = pipelined_wrreq;
     dut.tgt_pe.wr_data_accept_delay.set_value(write_bp ? 1 : 0);
@@ -176,13 +230,24 @@ void axi4_burst_alignment(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp) {
         auto const& recv_tx = e.second.second;
         REQUIRE(send_tx.size() == recv_tx.size());
         for(auto i = 0; i < send_tx.size(); ++i) {
+            auto addr = send_tx[i]->get_address();
+            if(addr % (testbench::bus_cfg::ADDRWIDTH / 8)) {
+                CHECK(send_tx[i]->get_data_length() <= recv_tx[i]->get_data_length());
+                CHECK(send_tx[i]->get_byte_enable_length() <= recv_tx[i]->get_byte_enable_length());
+                // adjust the length of the read due to misalignment
+                recv_tx[i]->set_data_length(send_tx[i]->get_data_length());
+                recv_tx[i]->set_byte_enable_length(send_tx[i]->get_byte_enable_length());
+                recv_tx[i]->set_streaming_width(send_tx[i]->get_streaming_width());
+            }
             REQUIRE(send_tx[i]->get_response_status() == tlm::TLM_OK_RESPONSE);
             CHECK(is_equal(*send_tx[i], *recv_tx[i]));
         }
     }
 }
 
-void axi4_narrow_burst(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp) {
+void axi4_narrow_burst(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp, bool unaligned = false) {
+    SCCINFO(__FUNCTION__) << "starting with pipelined_wrreq=" << pipelined_wrreq << ", write_bp = " << write_bp
+                          << " and unaligned=" << unaligned;
     struct {
         unsigned int ResetCycles{4};
         unsigned int BurstLengthByte{16};
@@ -191,8 +256,10 @@ void axi4_narrow_burst(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp) {
         std::unordered_map<unsigned, std::pair<tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec, tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec>> read_tx;
         std::unordered_map<unsigned, std::pair<tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec, tlm_gp_shared_ptr_vec>> write_tx;
         unsigned resp_cnt{0};
+        bool unaligned{false};
     } state;
 
+    state.unaligned = unaligned;
     auto& dut = factory::get<testbench>();
     dut.intor_bfm.pipelined_wrreq = pipelined_wrreq;
     dut.tgt_pe.wr_data_accept_delay.set_value(write_bp ? 1 : 0);
@@ -221,16 +288,32 @@ void axi4_narrow_burst(bool pipelined_wrreq, bool write_bp) {
 
 TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(false, false); }
 
+TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(false, false, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(false, false); }
 
+// TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(false, false, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_with_bp", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(false, true); }
 
+TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_with_bp_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(false, true, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_with_bp", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(false, true); }
 
+// TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_with_bp_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(false, true, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_pipelined_write", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(true, false); }
 
+TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_pipelined_write_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(true, false, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_pipelined_write", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(true, false); }
 
+// TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_pipelined_write_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(true, false, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_pipelined_write_with_bp", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(true, true); }
 
+TEST_CASE("axi4_burst_alignment_pipelined_write_with_bp_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_burst_alignment(true, true, true); }
+
 TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_pipelined_write_with_bp", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(true, true); }
+
+// TEST_CASE("axi4_narrow_burst_pipelined_write_with_bp_unaligned_addr", "[AXI][pin-level]") { axi4_narrow_burst(true, true, true); }
diff --git a/tests/axi4_pin_level/waves.gtkw b/tests/axi4_pin_level/waves.gtkw
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..222c184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/axi4_pin_level/waves.gtkw
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+[*]
+[*] GTKWave Analyzer v3.3.118 (w)1999-2023 BSI
+[*] Wed Jan  8 16:33:12 2025
+[*]
+[dumpfile] "/scratch/eyck/workarea/MINRES/SystemC-Components-Test/axi4_pin_level.fst"
+[dumpfile_mtime] "Wed Jan  8 16:32:32 2025"
+[dumpfile_size] 7261
+[savefile] "/scratch/eyck/workarea/MINRES/SystemC-Components-Test/tests/axi4_pin_level/waves.gtkw"
+[timestart] 0
+[size] 2560 1288
+[pos] -1 -1
+*-20.062529 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
+[treeopen] testbench.
+[sst_width] 304
+[signals_width] 243
+[sst_expanded] 1
+[sst_vpaned_height] 396
+@28
+testbench.clk
+testbench.rst
+@800200
+-ar
+@28
+testbench.ar_valid
+testbench.ar_ready
+@22
+testbench.ar_addr[31:0]
+@28
+testbench.ar_burst[1:0]
+@22
+testbench.ar_cache[3:0]
+testbench.ar_id[3:0]
+testbench.ar_len[7:0]
+@28
+testbench.ar_lock
+testbench.ar_prot[2:0]
+@22
+testbench.ar_qos[3:0]
+testbench.ar_region[3:0]
+@28
+testbench.ar_size[2:0]
+testbench.ar_user
+@1000200
+-ar
+@800200
+-r
+@28
+testbench.r_valid
+testbench.r_ready
+testbench.r_last
+@22
+testbench.r_data[63:0]
+testbench.r_id[3:0]
+@28
+testbench.r_resp[1:0]
+testbench.r_trace
+testbench.r_user
+@1000200
+-r
+@800200
+-aw
+@28
+testbench.aw_valid
+testbench.aw_ready
+@22
+testbench.aw_id[3:0]
+testbench.aw_addr[31:0]
+@28
+testbench.aw_burst[1:0]
+@22
+testbench.aw_cache[3:0]
+testbench.aw_len[7:0]
+@28
+testbench.aw_lock
+testbench.aw_prot[2:0]
+@22
+testbench.aw_qos[3:0]
+testbench.aw_region[3:0]
+@28
+testbench.aw_size[2:0]
+testbench.aw_user
+@1000200
+-aw
+@800200
+-w
+@29
+testbench.w_valid
+testbench.w_ready
+testbench.w_ack
+@23
+testbench.w_data[63:0]
+testbench.w_id[3:0]
+@29
+testbench.w_last
+@23
+testbench.w_strb[7:0]
+@29
+testbench.w_trace
+testbench.w_user
+@1000200
+-w
+@800200
+-b
+@28
+testbench.b_valid
+testbench.b_ready
+@22
+testbench.b_id[3:0]
+@28
+testbench.b_resp[1:0]
+testbench.b_trace
+testbench.b_user
+@1000200
+-b
+[pattern_trace] 1
+[pattern_trace] 0
diff --git a/tests/cci_param_restricted/test.cpp b/tests/cci_param_restricted/test.cpp
index 925edbc..63d6d63 100644
--- a/tests/cci_param_restricted/test.cpp
+++ b/tests/cci_param_restricted/test.cpp
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 #define SC_INCLUDE_DYNAMIC_PROCESSES
 #include <sysc/kernel/sc_simcontext.h>
 #endif
+#include <array>
 #include <catch2/catch_all.hpp>
 #include <factory.h>
 #include <scc/cci_param_restricted.h>
 #include <scc/utilities.h>
 #include <systemc>
-
 using namespace sc_core;
 
 struct top : public sc_core::sc_module {