diff --git a/examples/test_ckpt.C b/examples/test_ckpt.C
index 3c234ab9..67fa31cd 100644
--- a/examples/test_ckpt.C
+++ b/examples/test_ckpt.C
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ int main()
 {
   MPI_Init(NULL, NULL);
 
+  // provide some configuration otions
+  SCR_Config("STORE=/tmp GROUP=NODE COUNT=1");
+  SCR_Config("SCR_COPY_TYPE=FILE");
+  SCR_Config("CKPT=0 INTERVAL=1 GROUP=NODE STORE=/tmp TYPE=XOR SET_SIZE=16");
+  SCR_Config("SCR_DEBUG=1");
+
   // initialize the SCR library
   SCR_Init();
 
diff --git a/examples/test_ckpt.F b/examples/test_ckpt.F
index 7f0aa272..eca7d524 100644
--- a/examples/test_ckpt.F
+++ b/examples/test_ckpt.F
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ program test_ckpt_F
 
       character*1024 :: basefname = "rank_"
       character*1024 :: fname, file_suffix
+      character*1024 :: val
       character(len=SCR_MAX_FILENAME) :: fname_scr
       character(len=SCR_MAX_FILENAME) :: ckptname
       integer(kind=4) :: flag;
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ program test_ckpt_F
       call MPI_COMM_SIZE(MPI_COMM_WORLD, nprocs, ierr)
       call MPI_COMM_RANK(MPI_COMM_WORLD, mynod, ierr)
 
+      call SCR_Config("STORE=/tmp GROUP=NODE COUNT=1", val, ierr);
+      call SCR_Config("SCR_COPY_TYPE=FILE", val, ierr);
+      call SCR_Config("CKPT=0 INTERVAL=1 GROUP=NODE STORE=/tmp 
+     &TYPE=XOR SET_SIZE=16", val, ierr);
+      call SCR_Config("SCR_DEBUG=1", val, ierr);
       call SCR_INIT(ierr)
 
       nodeoff=2**21