tbarania, How are you loading the program into the PIC? If you are using a bootloader the " __config1 _FOSC_HS & _WDTE_OFF & _PWRTE_ON & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _CPD_OFF & _BOREN_ON & _IESO_ON & _FCMEN_ON & _LVP_OFF & _WRT_OFF" statement is NOT being executed.