diff --git a/examples/multimodal/multimodal_llm/neva/conf/neva_config.yaml b/examples/multimodal/multimodal_llm/neva/conf/neva_config.yaml
index 3362f48032fc..61ad7be4dfa7 100644
--- a/examples/multimodal/multimodal_llm/neva/conf/neva_config.yaml
+++ b/examples/multimodal/multimodal_llm/neva/conf/neva_config.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ exp_manager:
     save_top_k: 10
     mode: min
     always_save_nemo: False # saves nemo file during validation, not implemented for model parallel
-    save_nemo_on_train_end: False # not recommended when training large models on clusters with short time limits
+    save_nemo_on_train_end: True # not recommended when training large models on clusters with short time limits
     filename: 'megatron_clip--{val_loss:.2f}-{step}-{consumed_samples}'
     model_parallel_size: ${multiply:${model.tensor_model_parallel_size}, ${model.pipeline_model_parallel_size}}
   ema: