diff --git a/down-the-stack/apps/Cargo.toml b/down-the-stack/apps/Cargo.toml
index 6449d12..cbb3cc1 100644
--- a/down-the-stack/apps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/down-the-stack/apps/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 cortex-m = {version = "0.7.6", features = ["critical-section-single-core"]}
 cortex-m-rt = "0.7.2"
 dk_bsc = { path = "../dk_bsc" }
+dk_pac = { path = "../dk_pac" }
 heapless = "0.7.16"
 panic-probe = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["print-defmt"] }
 defmt = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/down-the-stack/apps/src/bin/uarte_enable.rs b/down-the-stack/apps/src/bin/uarte_enable.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..434f114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/down-the-stack/apps/src/bin/uarte_enable.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#![no_main]
+#![no_std]
+
+use cortex_m::asm;
+use cortex_m_rt::entry;
+use dk_pac;
+
+// this imports `down-the-stack/apps/lib.rs` to retrieve our global logger + panicking-behavior
+use apps as _;
+use defmt;
+use defmt_rtt as _; // global logger
+
+
+#[entry]
+fn main() -> ! {
+    // to enable more verbose logs, go to your `Cargo.toml` and set defmt logging levels
+    // to `defmt-trace` by changing the `default = []` entry in `[features]`
+    unsafe {
+    let periph = dk_pac::Peripherals::steal();
+    let uarte = periph.UARTE0;
+    
+    uarte.enable.write(|w| w.enable().enabled());
+   
+    if uarte.enable.read().bits() != 0 {
+        defmt::println!("Uarte0 is enabled");
+
+    } else {
+        defmt::println!("Uarte0 is disabled");
+    }
+
+    }
+    
+    
+    // this program does not `exit`; use Ctrl+C to terminate it
+    loop {
+        asm::nop();
+    }
+}
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