diff --git a/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/CylinderRe3900.prm b/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/CylinderRe3900.prm
index 4ba9cbd3cc7e36cc3c359f90a0cf89b160dfd16d..3b41cf92c3db7255927cd20771da2e1f2d67c8be 100644
--- a/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/CylinderRe3900.prm
+++ b/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/CylinderRe3900.prm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ VTKWriter
     averageFields true;
     flag false;
     writeOnlySlice false;
-    amrFileFormat true;
+    amrFileFormat false;
     oneFilePerProcess false;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/FlowAroundCylinder.cpp b/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/FlowAroundCylinder.cpp
index 30e02910eb78740a2764da03743a107c63e59798..f7a3fd621e4f623380cc7339bbb97caeba0715e8 100644
--- a/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/FlowAroundCylinder.cpp
+++ b/apps/showcases/FlowAroundCylinder/FlowAroundCylinder.cpp
@@ -736,9 +736,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
          vtkOutput->addCellInclusionFilter(vtk::AABBCellFilter(sliceAABB));
       }
 
-      field::FlagFieldCellFilter<FlagField_T> fluidFilter( ids.flagField );
-      fluidFilter.addFlag(obstacleFlagUID);
-      vtkOutput->addCellExclusionFilter(fluidFilter);
+      if(!amrFileFormat)
+      {
+         field::FlagFieldCellFilter<FlagField_T> fluidFilter( ids.flagField );
+         fluidFilter.addFlag(obstacleFlagUID);
+         vtkOutput->addCellExclusionFilter(fluidFilter);
+      }
 
       if (writeVelocity)
       {