diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingConfigParam.h b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingConfigParam.h
index d3a3035bd63cc..36a5fd63b12d1 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingConfigParam.h
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingConfigParam.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ struct TrackerParamConfig : public o2::conf::ConfigurableParamHelper<TrackerPara
   int nROFsPerIterations = 0;
   bool perPrimaryVertexProcessing = false;
   bool saveTimeBenchmarks = false;
+  bool overrideBeamEstimation = false; // used by gpuwf only
+  int trackingMode = -1;               // -1: unset, 0=sync, 1=async, 2=cosmics used by gpuwf only
 
   O2ParamDef(TrackerParamConfig, "ITSCATrackerParam");
 };
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingInterface.h b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingInterface.h
index 251d4a01d5e17..1c4d4871ab574 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingInterface.h
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingInterface.h
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ class ITSTrackingInterface
   void setClusterDictionary(const o2::itsmft::TopologyDictionary* d) { mDict = d; }
   void setMeanVertex(const o2::dataformats::MeanVertexObject* v)
   {
-    if (!v) {
+    if (v == nullptr) {
       LOGP(error, "Mean Vertex Object is nullptr");
       return;
+    } else {
+      LOGP(info, "Mean Vertex set with x: {} y: {}", v->getX(), v->getY());
     }
     mMeanVertex = v;
   }
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ class ITSTrackingInterface
   bool mRunVertexer = true;
   bool mCosmicsProcessing = false;
   int mUseTriggers = 0;
-  TrackingMode mMode = TrackingMode::Sync;
+  TrackingMode mMode = TrackingMode::Unset;
   bool mOverrideBeamEstimation = false;
   const o2::itsmft::TopologyDictionary* mDict = nullptr;
   std::unique_ptr<Tracker> mTracker = nullptr;
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/Vertexer.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/Vertexer.cxx
index 1c6464a08dc3b..acc59a66a7c2c 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/Vertexer.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/Vertexer.cxx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void Vertexer::getGlobalConfiguration()
   verPar.PhiBins = vc.PhiBins;
 
   TimeFrameGPUParameters tfGPUpar;
-  tfGPUpar.nROFsPerChunk = grc.nROFsPerChunk;
+  // tfGPUpar.nROFsPerChunk = grc.nROFsPerChunk;
 
   mTraits->updateVertexingParameters(verPar, tfGPUpar);
 }
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx
index 93f85e0679c44..dc75d90150eb8 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/workflow/src/RecoWorkflow.cxx
@@ -58,7 +58,35 @@ framework::WorkflowSpec getWorkflow(bool useMC,
   }
   if (!trmode.empty()) {
     if (useCAtracker) {
-      specs.emplace_back(o2::its::getTrackerSpec(useMC, useGeom, useTrig, trmode, overrideBeamPosition, dtype));
+      if (useGPUWF) {
+        o2::gpu::GPURecoWorkflowSpec::Config cfg;
+        cfg.runITSTracking = true;
+        cfg.itsTriggerType = useTrig;
+        cfg.itsOverrBeamEst = overrideBeamPosition;
+
+        Inputs ggInputs;
+        auto ggRequest = std::make_shared<o2::base::GRPGeomRequest>(false, true, false, true, true,
+                                                                    useGeom ? o2::base::GRPGeomRequest::Aligned : o2::base::GRPGeomRequest::None,
+                                                                    ggInputs, true);
+        if (!useGeom) {
+          ggRequest->addInput({"itsTGeo", "ITS", "GEOMTGEO", 0, Lifetime::Condition, framework::ccdbParamSpec("ITS/Config/Geometry")}, ggInputs);
+        }
+
+        auto task = std::make_shared<o2::gpu::GPURecoWorkflowSpec>(&gPolicyData, cfg, std::vector<int>(), 0, ggRequest);
+        gTask = task;
+        Inputs taskInputs = task->inputs();
+        Options taskOptions = task->options();
+        std::move(ggInputs.begin(), ggInputs.end(), std::back_inserter(taskInputs));
+
+        specs.emplace_back(DataProcessorSpec{
+          "its-tracker",
+          taskInputs,
+          task->outputs(),
+          AlgorithmSpec{adoptTask<o2::gpu::GPURecoWorkflowSpec>(task)},
+          taskOptions});
+      } else {
+        specs.emplace_back(o2::its::getTrackerSpec(useMC, useGeom, useTrig, trmode, overrideBeamPosition, dtype));
+      }
     } else {
       specs.emplace_back(o2::its::getCookedTrackerSpec(useMC, useGeom, useTrig, trmode));
     }