diff --git a/Examples/Algorithms/TrackFinding/include/ActsExamples/TrackFinding/TrackFindingAlgorithm.hpp b/Examples/Algorithms/TrackFinding/include/ActsExamples/TrackFinding/TrackFindingAlgorithm.hpp
index 4c6ad13c91a..6091bb9a412 100644
--- a/Examples/Algorithms/TrackFinding/include/ActsExamples/TrackFinding/TrackFindingAlgorithm.hpp
+++ b/Examples/Algorithms/TrackFinding/include/ActsExamples/TrackFinding/TrackFindingAlgorithm.hpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class TrackFindingAlgorithm final : public IAlgorithm {
     Acts::TrackExtrapolationStrategy extrapolationStrategy =
         Acts::TrackExtrapolationStrategy::firstOrLast;
     /// Run finding in two directions
-    bool twoWay = true;
+    bool twoWay = false;
   };
 
   /// Constructor of the track finding algorithm
diff --git a/Examples/Python/python/acts/examples/reconstruction.py b/Examples/Python/python/acts/examples/reconstruction.py
index 52f8947c246..243a8d16f9f 100644
--- a/Examples/Python/python/acts/examples/reconstruction.py
+++ b/Examples/Python/python/acts/examples/reconstruction.py
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ def addCKFTracks(
         Union[TrackSelectorConfig, List[TrackSelectorConfig]]
     ] = None,
     ckfConfig: CkfConfig = CkfConfig(),
-    twoWay: bool = True,
+    twoWay: bool = False,
     outputDirCsv: Optional[Union[Path, str]] = None,
     outputDirRoot: Optional[Union[Path, str]] = None,
     writeTrajectories: bool = True,