diff --git a/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/CppReader.cpp b/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/CppReader.cpp
index 0c4af26d6c..1d67d53ef5 100644
--- a/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/CppReader.cpp
+++ b/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/CppReader.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         bpReader.EndStep();
 
-        bpReader.Close();
-
         std::cout << "Selection size: " << bpData.SelectionSize() << "\n";
         for (size_t i = 0; i < bpData.Count()[0]; ++i)
         {
@@ -70,6 +68,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             std::cout << "\n";
         }
         std::cout << "\n";
+
+        bpReader.Close();
+
     }
 
     MPI_Finalize();
diff --git a/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/FReader.f90 b/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/FReader.f90
index ac0385794e..ea023c3d9d 100644
--- a/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/FReader.f90
+++ b/examples/hello/bpFWriteCRead/FReader.f90
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ program FReader
         ! Open in write mode, this launches an engine
         call adios2_open(engine, io, "CppWriter.bp", adios2_mode_read, ierr)
 
+        call adios2_begin_step(engine, ierr)
+
         call adios2_inquire_variable(var, io, 'data2D', ierr)
 
         if( ierr == adios2_found ) then
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ program FReader
 
         end if
 
+        call adios2_end_step(engine, ierr)
+
         call adios2_close(engine, ierr)
         call adios2_finalize(adios, ierr)