diff --git a/etc/caseDicts/postProcessing/forces/forces.cfg b/etc/caseDicts/postProcessing/forces/forces.cfg
index 2bc90992b0..e593666867 100644
--- a/etc/caseDicts/postProcessing/forces/forces.cfg
+++ b/etc/caseDicts/postProcessing/forces/forces.cfg
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@
 type            forces;
 libs            ("libforces.so");
 
-writeControl    timeStep;
-writeInterval   1;
+// How often force and moment volume fields will be written
+writeControl    writeTime; // none
+
+// How often the forces force.dat and moment.dat data files are updated
+// Note: .dat files are always updated on writeControl times
+executeControl  timeStep;
+executeInterval 1;
 
 log             off;