diff --git a/src/benchmarks/rodinia-srad/julia/srad.jl b/src/benchmarks/rodinia-srad/julia/srad.jl
index a6daba928f6ca713decce728aba4d0adb6f2115f..a574a8c1c3a5ce4417b1b32e16c2d206edfa24f4 100755
--- a/src/benchmarks/rodinia-srad/julia/srad.jl
+++ b/src/benchmarks/rodinia-srad/julia/srad.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env julia
 
+using Printf
+using Random
+
 const OUTPUT = haskey(ENV, "OUTPUT")
 
 function usage()
@@ -47,22 +50,20 @@ function main(args)
     jW[1] = 1
     jE[cols] = cols
 
-    dN::SharedArray{Float32,2} = SharedArray(Float32,(rows,cols))
-    dS::SharedArray{Float32,2} = SharedArray(Float32,(rows,cols))
-    dW::SharedArray{Float32,2} = SharedArray(Float32,(rows,cols))
-    dE::SharedArray{Float32,2} = SharedArray(Float32,(rows,cols))
+    dN::Matrix{Float32} = zeros(rows,cols)
+    dS::Matrix{Float32} = zeros(rows,cols)
+    dW::Matrix{Float32} = zeros(rows,cols)
+    dE::Matrix{Float32} = zeros(rows,cols)
 
     println("Randomizing the input matrix")
 
-    srand(7)
+	Random.seed!(7)
     I = rand(Float32,rows,cols)
-    J::SharedArray{Float32,2} = SharedArray(Float32,(rows,cols),init = J -> J[Base.localindexes(J)] = exp.(I[Base.localindexes(J)]))
-    c::SharedArray{Float32,2} = SharedArray(Float32,(rows,cols))
+    J = exp.(I)
+    c::Matrix{Float32} = zeros(rows,cols)
 
     println("Start the SRAD main loop")
 
-    tic()
-
     sum::Float32 = 0
     sum2::Float32 = 0
     for iter in 1:niter
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ function main(args)
         varROI::Float32 = (sum / size_R) - meanROI * meanROI
         q0sqr::Float32 = varROI / (meanROI * meanROI)
 
-        @sync @parallel for i in 1:size(J,1)
+        Threads.@threads for i in 1:size(J,1)
             for j in size(J,2)
                 Jc = J[i,j]
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ function main(args)
             end
         end
 
-        @sync @parallel for i in 1:size(J,1)
+        Threads.@threads for i in 1:size(J,1)
             for j in 1:size(J,2)
                 # diffusion coefficient
                 cN = c[i,j]
@@ -130,8 +131,6 @@ function main(args)
         end
     end
 
-    toc()
-
     println("Computation done")
 
     if OUTPUT