diff --git a/examples/cpp/circles_bruteforce/src/main.cu b/examples/cpp/circles_bruteforce/src/main.cu
index ce1737dba..abd1273cc 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/circles_bruteforce/src/main.cu
+++ b/examples/cpp/circles_bruteforce/src/main.cu
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
     flamegpu::CUDASimulation  cudaSimulation(model, argc, argv);
     flamegpu::util::nvtx::pop();
 
+    // Configure the simulation to overwrite log and xml files
+    cudaSimulation.SimulationConfig().truncate_log_files = true;
+
     /**
      * Create visualisation
      */
diff --git a/examples/cpp/circles_spatial3D/src/main.cu b/examples/cpp/circles_spatial3D/src/main.cu
index e8a7b6a5f..ba7a00a00 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/circles_spatial3D/src/main.cu
+++ b/examples/cpp/circles_spatial3D/src/main.cu
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
      */
     flamegpu::CUDASimulation cudaSimulation(model, argc, argv);
 
+    // Configure the simulation to overwrite log and xml files
+    cudaSimulation.SimulationConfig().truncate_log_files = true;
+
     /**
      * Create visualisation
      */