diff --git a/labscript_profile/default_profile/labconfig/example.ini b/labscript_profile/default_profile/labconfig/example.ini
index 99c9503..7f219dc 100644
--- a/labscript_profile/default_profile/labconfig/example.ini
+++ b/labscript_profile/default_profile/labconfig/example.ini
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ hdf5_viewer = %%LOCALAPPDATA%%\HDF_Group\HDFView\3.1.0\hdfview.bat
 hdf5_viewer_arguments = {file}
 
 [labscript]
-save_hg_info = True
+save_hg_info = False
 save_git_info = False
 
 [BLACS/plugins]