diff --git a/.github/workflows/darshan_ldms_test_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/darshan_ldms_test_ci.yml
index c7ff1500f..0292d1e92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/darshan_ldms_test_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/darshan_ldms_test_ci.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         fi
         echo "---generating ldmsd configuration file---"
         cat > stream-samp-latest.conf << EOF
+        stream_enable
         load name=hello_sampler
         config name=hello_sampler producer=host1 instance=host1/hello_sampler stream=darshanConnector component_id=1
         start name=hello_sampler interval=1000000 offset=0