diff --git a/src/tests/tools/load_gen/__main__.py b/src/tests/tools/load_gen/__main__.py
index ca99be485f4bd369b765b3790307fba6636d2490..f622f4d14e64b29d36200b6823c2883d22bfa210 100644
--- a/src/tests/tools/load_gen/__main__.py
+++ b/src/tests/tools/load_gen/__main__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def main():
         offered_load  = 50,
         holding_time  = 10,
         dry_mode      = False,           # in dry mode, no request is sent to TeraFlowSDN
-        record_to_dlt = True,            # if record_to_dlt, changes in device/link/service/slice are uploaded to DLT
+        record_to_dlt = False,           # if record_to_dlt, changes in device/link/service/slice are uploaded to DLT
         dlt_domain_id = 'dlt-perf-eval', # domain used to uploaded entities, ignored when record_to_dlt = False
     )