diff --git a/templates/input.nml b/templates/input.nml
index 3cc9b63416f67b10e1660c02c3ec9aa3ce1c083e..38edbde9bd8e107176766e6fadeb563c7d3f3670 100644
--- a/templates/input.nml
+++ b/templates/input.nml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
    output_timestamps        = .false.,
    trace_execution          = .false.,
 
-   stages_to_write          = 'output'
+   stages_to_write          = 'preassim', 'postassim'
    output_members           = .true.
    output_mean              = .true.
    output_sd                = .true.