diff --git a/regtest/basic/rt-drift-2/config b/regtest/basic/rt-drift-2/config
index 83e7371bb04b738d4dbfcc64917e3612f6ef9646..386f20a9a53540949e38e0ddc580dbcda024c836 100644
--- a/regtest/basic/rt-drift-2/config
+++ b/regtest/basic/rt-drift-2/config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mpiprocs=4
 type=driver
 # this is to test a different name
-arg="--plumed plumed.dat --timestep=0.005  --initial-step=1 --ixyz trajectory.xyz --dump-forces ff --pdb test.pdb --debug-dd"
+arg="--plumed plumed.dat --timestep=0.005  --initial-step=1 --ixyz trajectory.xyz --dump-forces ff --pdb test.pdb --debug-dd yes"
 
diff --git a/regtest/basic/rt-drift-3/config b/regtest/basic/rt-drift-3/config
index c39bca25643048964211c40706eff80e089832b1..224b2c7679b7d7adc59a509dd7f14d1035acd6e3 100644
--- a/regtest/basic/rt-drift-3/config
+++ b/regtest/basic/rt-drift-3/config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mpiprocs=4
 type=driver
 # this is to test a different name
-arg="--plumed plumed.dat --timestep=0.005  --initial-step=1 --ixyz trajectory.xyz --dump-forces ff --pdb test.pdb --debug-pd"
+arg="--plumed plumed.dat --timestep=0.005  --initial-step=1 --ixyz trajectory.xyz --dump-forces ff --pdb test.pdb --debug-pd yes"
 
diff --git a/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-4/config b/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-4/config
index 2dacd25cd89921389b17a1a6019890a5751e11b0..fd58a854eab77d594d3ad11eb1ae909fbc94a9ee 100644
--- a/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-4/config
+++ b/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-4/config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mpiprocs=6
 type=driver
 plumed_needs="matheval"
-arg="--plumed plumed.dat --mf_xtc traj.xtc --dump-forces forces --dump-forces-fmt=%8.4f --debug-dd"
+arg="--plumed plumed.dat --mf_xtc traj.xtc --dump-forces forces --dump-forces-fmt=%8.4f --debug-dd yes"
diff --git a/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-5/config b/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-5/config
index 3d1aed0c16555f2509e379339e224f2b928d378a..3be12dee6a3224eeb88f34f54b92dc5151ea91be 100644
--- a/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-5/config
+++ b/regtest/basic/rt-maxent-5/config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mpiprocs=6
 type=driver
 plumed_needs="matheval"
-arg="--plumed plumed.dat --mf_xtc traj.xtc --dump-forces forces --multi 3 --dump-forces-fmt=%8.4f --debug-dd"
+arg="--plumed plumed.dat --mf_xtc traj.xtc --dump-forces forces --multi 3 --dump-forces-fmt=%8.4f --debug-dd yes"
diff --git a/regtest/basic/rt-mpi10/config b/regtest/basic/rt-mpi10/config
index 76dfdc6b12170bc00eed88bf29596f0fcf4d5e69..9790c05f510bb6b42c4d85cfb857d68347749be4 100644
--- a/regtest/basic/rt-mpi10/config
+++ b/regtest/basic/rt-mpi10/config
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 mpiprocs=6
 type=driver
-arg="--plumed=plumed.dat --timestep=0.05 --ixyz trajectory.xyz --dump-forces ff --pdb test.pdb --multi 3 --debug-dd --debug-grex 6 --debug-grex-log log.grex --initial-step 3"
+arg="--plumed=plumed.dat --timestep=0.05 --ixyz trajectory.xyz --dump-forces ff --pdb test.pdb --multi 3 --debug-dd yes --debug-grex 6 --debug-grex-log log.grex --initial-step 3"