diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index 5da3d09417b320591a13edf6c2798cd563e12220..3753489da48f68a4265fc267677f5c524b4d6614 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::fstream velocity_writer("velocities", std::fstream::out);
     std::fstream coefficient_writer("coefficients", std::fstream::out);
     ;
+    std::fstream iteration_writer("iterations", std::fstream::out);
+    ;
 
     auto timeSteppingScheme =
         initTimeStepper(parset.get<Config::scheme>("timeSteppingScheme"),
@@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       timeSteppingScheme->setup(ell, tau, time, problem_rhs, problem_iterate,
                                 problem_A);
 
+      size_t iterationCounter;
       auto solveDisplacementProblem = [&](VectorType &_problem_iterate,
                                           SingletonVectorType const &_alpha) {
         auto myGlobalNonlinearity =
@@ -382,6 +385,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         overallSolver.preprocess();
         overallSolver.solve();
+        iterationCounter = overallSolver.getResult().iterations;
       };
 
       // Since the velocity explodes in the quasistatic case, use the
@@ -397,6 +401,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         stateUpdater->solve(ud);
         stateUpdater->extractState(alpha);
 
+        iteration_writer << iterationCounter << " ";
         if (parset.get<bool>("printProgress")) {
           std::cerr << '.';
           std::cerr.flush();
@@ -428,6 +433,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       displacement_writer << std::endl;
       velocity_writer << std::endl;
       coefficient_writer << std::endl;
+      iteration_writer << std::endl;
 
       if (parset.get<bool>("writeVTK")) {
         SingletonVectorType vonMisesStress;
@@ -447,11 +453,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       std::cerr << std::endl << "Making " << timesteps << " time steps took "
                 << timer.elapsed() << "s" << std::endl;
     ;
+
     state_writer.close();
     displacement_writer.close();
     velocity_writer.close();
     coefficient_writer.close();
-    ;
+    iteration_writer.close();
 
     Python::stop();
   }