diff --git a/applications/reconstruct/src/main.cpp b/applications/reconstruct/src/main.cpp
index 2b20142fa9198efce95368ad4c0bbbf8dba5874b..5684858874d28e9f0375ff0fb27acffb1b14babf 100644
--- a/applications/reconstruct/src/main.cpp
+++ b/applications/reconstruct/src/main.cpp
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ static void run(ftl::Configurable *root) {
 	std::ofstream fileout;
 	ftl::codecs::Writer writer(fileout);
 	auto recorder = [&writer](ftl::rgbd::Source *src, const ftl::codecs::StreamPacket &spkt, const ftl::codecs::Packet &pkt) {
+		LOG(INFO) << "About to write";
 		writer.write(spkt, pkt);
 	};
 
+	root->set("record", false);
+
 	// Allow stream recording
 	root->on("record", [&group,&fileout,&writer,&recorder](const ftl::config::Event &e) {
 		if (e.entity->value("record", false)) {