diff --git a/src/timestepping/backward_euler.hh b/src/timestepping/backward_euler.hh
index e6c0101dbaf1b1febf737d30b4b360166b194968..1e17547616bbda18d56e07ee4b3eda7ef1e7ba8a 100644
--- a/src/timestepping/backward_euler.hh
+++ b/src/timestepping/backward_euler.hh
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ class BackwardEuler : public TimeSteppingScheme<Vector, Matrix, Function, dim> {
 
   double tau;
 
-  bool postProcessCalled = false;
+  bool postProcessCalled = true;
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/src/timestepping/newmark.hh b/src/timestepping/newmark.hh
index 89b257c0569b40c2fd02ff25f3422250c0b36837..2ed4a1b4ffadc7416648196496f9f175fe8d244c 100644
--- a/src/timestepping/newmark.hh
+++ b/src/timestepping/newmark.hh
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ class Newmark : public TimeSteppingScheme<Vector, Matrix, Function, dim> {
 
   double tau;
 
-  bool postProcessCalled = false;
+  bool postProcessCalled = true;
 };
 #endif