diff --git a/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp b/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp
index 29a84d04..508067fd 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extern const char *header;
 namespace ngcore
 {
   // Produce no traces by default
-  size_t PajeTrace::max_tracefile_size = 11110000;
+  size_t PajeTrace::max_tracefile_size = 0;
 
   // If true, produce variable counting active threads
   // increases trace by a factor of two
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace ngcore
     if(max_num_events_per_thread>0)
     {
       logger->info( "Tracefile size = {}MB", max_tracefile_size/1024/1024);
-      logger->info( "Tracing {} events per thread", max_num_events_per_thread , " events per thread");
+      logger->info( "Tracing {} events per thread", max_num_events_per_thread);
     }
 
     tasks.resize(nthreads);