diff --git a/CMakeModules/CorsikaUtilities.cmake b/CMakeModules/CorsikaUtilities.cmake
index 4304dca93c01442d1c6bed50a055d69bcd2a7260..6f7ea12b3ea4dd44989bd5c241c4d9c121049d77 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/CorsikaUtilities.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/CorsikaUtilities.cmake
@@ -209,11 +209,10 @@ function (CORSIKA_ADD_EXAMPLE)
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo ""
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "**************************************"
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*****   running example: ${name} " ${run_options} VERBATIM
-    COMMAND gdb -ex "run ${run_options}" -ex bt -ex "info locals" -ex "up" -ex "info locals" 
+    COMMAND gdb -q --batch -ex "run ${run_options}" -ex bt -ex "info locals" -ex "up" -ex "info locals" 
                                                 -ex "up"-ex "info locals" -ex "up" -ex "info locals" 
                                                 -ex quit ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name} 
                                                 VERBATIM
-    gdb -ex 'run arg1 arg2' -ex bt -ex quit ./program
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/example_outputs)
   install (TARGETS ${name} DESTINATION share/examples)
 endfunction (CORSIKA_ADD_EXAMPLE)