diff --git a/examples/mlperf/training_submission_v5.0/tinycorp/benchmarks/resnet/implementations/tinybox_red/run_and_time.sh b/examples/mlperf/training_submission_v5.0/tinycorp/benchmarks/resnet/implementations/tinybox_red/run_and_time.sh
index 1086bd5558..479297eb0f 100755
--- a/examples/mlperf/training_submission_v5.0/tinycorp/benchmarks/resnet/implementations/tinybox_red/run_and_time.sh
+++ b/examples/mlperf/training_submission_v5.0/tinycorp/benchmarks/resnet/implementations/tinybox_red/run_and_time.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export RESET_STEP=0
 export TRAIN_BEAM=4 IGNORE_JIT_FIRST_BEAM=1 BEAM_UOPS_MAX=2000 BEAM_UPCAST_MAX=96 BEAM_LOCAL_MAX=1024 BEAM_MIN_PROGRESS=5 BEAM_PADTO=0
 
 # pip install -e ".[mlperf]"
-export LOGMLPERF=1
+export LOGMLPERF=${LOGMLPERF:-1}
 
 export SEED=$RANDOM
 DATETIME=$(date "+%m%d%H%M")