diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
index cc900bf..61e8504 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@
     STOPTASKS,${DL_DIR},1G,100K \
     STOPTASKS,${SSTATE_DIR},1G,100K \
     STOPTASKS,/tmp,100M,100K \
-    ABORT,${TMPDIR},100M,1K \
-    ABORT,${DL_DIR},100M,1K \
-    ABORT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
-    ABORT,/tmp,10M,1K"
+    HALT,${TMPDIR},100M,1K \
+    HALT,${DL_DIR},100M,1K \
+    HALT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
+    HALT,/tmp,10M,1K"
 
 #
 # Shared-state files from other locations