diff --git a/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp b/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp
index 6c318b48..d7658cfa 100644
--- a/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp
+++ b/src/libdramsys/DRAMSys/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void DRAMSys::setupDebugManager([[maybe_unused]] const std::string& traceName) c
     bool writeToConsole = false;
     bool writeToFile = true;
     dbg.setup(debugEnabled, writeToConsole, writeToFile);
-    if (writeToFile)
+    if (debugEnabled && writeToFile)
         dbg.openDebugFile(traceName + ".txt");
 #endif
 }