diff --git a/src/diff_platform_simulator_alg_node.cpp b/src/diff_platform_simulator_alg_node.cpp
index d254de74e798e62e0552ba7a5fa594bc919be5c0..f775c1df1f22fe95e307b702bc8f9d2b0fc19d6a 100644
--- a/src/diff_platform_simulator_alg_node.cpp
+++ b/src/diff_platform_simulator_alg_node.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ DiffPlatformSimulatorAlgNode::DiffPlatformSimulatorAlgNode(void) :
   algorithm_base::IriBaseAlgorithm<DiffPlatformSimulatorAlgorithm>()
 {
   //init class attributes if necessary
-  this->loop_rate_ = 50;//in [Hz]
+  //this->loop_rate_ = 50;//in [Hz] // for ROS indigo or hydor and ubuntu 14.04
+  setRate(50);
   
   this->public_node_handle_.getParam("robot", this->tf_prefix_);
   this->odom_id_           = "/" + this->tf_prefix_ + "/odom";