diff --git a/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/__init__.py b/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/__init__.py
index 92f49e435..894b8a906 100644
--- a/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/__init__.py
+++ b/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/__init__.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _run(self) -> None:
                     path=Path("."),
                     reference=reference,
                     params=self.params,
-                    less_io=_less_io,
+                    debug=not _less_io,
                 )
             )
 
diff --git a/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/capri.py b/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/capri.py
index 98efd7e62..47b8f85b0 100644
--- a/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/capri.py
+++ b/src/haddock/modules/analysis/caprieval/capri.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def __init__(
         path: Path,
         reference: PDBPath,
         params: ParamMap,
-        less_io: Optional[bool] = True,
+        debug: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> None:
         """
         Initialize the class.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.output = self.output_ss_fname
         self.identificator = identificator
         self.core_model_idx = identificator
-        self.less_io = less_io
+        self.debug = debug
 
     def calc_irmsd(self, cutoff: float = 5.0) -> None:
         """Calculate the I-RMSD.
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ def run(self) -> Union[None, "CAPRI"]:
             log.debug(f"id {self.identificator}, calculating global RMSD")
             self.calc_global_rmsd()
 
-        if not self.less_io:
+        if self.debug:
             self.make_output()
         else:
             # The scheduler will use the return of the `run` method as the output of the tasks
diff --git a/src/haddock/modules/defaults.yaml b/src/haddock/modules/defaults.yaml
index 972a19b66..5e4210915 100644
--- a/src/haddock/modules/defaults.yaml
+++ b/src/haddock/modules/defaults.yaml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ offline:
   group: "execution"
   explevel: easy
 debug:
-  default: true
+  default: false
   type: boolean
   title: Write intermediate and stdout files.
   short: Write intermediate and stdout files.