diff --git a/examples/01_real-from-ideal.sh b/examples/01_real-from-ideal.sh
index d9faacb5fd3383af3dd56ff11cdd9b28aee0b40c..fe21452a0a374cbecff87189ae5f32ae6a9e0b6d 100755
--- a/examples/01_real-from-ideal.sh
+++ b/examples/01_real-from-ideal.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ CONFIG:
   AUTOSUBMIT_VERSION: "$AUTOSUBMIT_VERSION"
   TOTALJOBS: 20
   MAXWAITINGJOBS: 20
+  RETRIALS: 0
 DEFAULT:
   EXPID: "$EXPID"
   HPCARCH: "LOCAL" # use LMU to run on cluster