diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index 7997cb11eef5eeec58565e6f98f07d4c16c278e1..9d89fe7e770e78a90ed033fd0911fe5f181b2927 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
       u4 += u4_diff;
 
-      { // Compute von Mises stress and write everything to a file
+      // Compute von Mises stress and write everything to a file
+      if (parset.get<bool>("writeVTK")) {
         auto const displacement =
             Dune::make_shared<BasisGridFunction<P1Basis, VectorType> const>(
                 p1Basis, u4);
diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.parset b/src/one-body-sample.parset
index 7b07d06886fcf9af6c1c8b2ba0a97cea27c8f2a3..f3b9b6174f4d4ff975af6ac06842a8999dd19166 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.parset
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.parset
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ printFrictionalBoundary = false
 printProgress = true
 printDifference = false
 
+writeVTK = false
+
 [grid]
 refinements = 3