diff --git a/tests/example/FreeRTOS/Demo/tinyriscv_GCC/main.c b/tests/example/FreeRTOS/Demo/tinyriscv_GCC/main.c
index 2db6af1..d7fe441 100644
--- a/tests/example/FreeRTOS/Demo/tinyriscv_GCC/main.c
+++ b/tests/example/FreeRTOS/Demo/tinyriscv_GCC/main.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int main( void )
 
 static void prvSetupHardware( void )
 {
-
+    GPIO_REG(GPIO_CTRL) |= 0x1;  // set gpio0 output mode
 }
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------*/