diff --git a/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_INALT.py.in b/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_INALT.py.in
index 1e3acc6d977af1f1f816740e491fa7d8acbedf5e..c85251303aa177eac15db7864b0cb0588ba7f6fc 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_INALT.py.in
+++ b/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_INALT.py.in
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ if "nc_time" not in inst_eddies_nml["input_ssh_nml"]:
 # First date is out of the loop because we run it without setting
 # leave_trace to False:
 print(
-    "inst_eddies.loop_inst_eddies: Date:", inst_eddies_nml["main_nml"]["date"]
+    "inst_eddies.loop_inst_eddies: Date:",
+    inst_eddies_nml["main_nml"]["date"],
+    flush=True,
 )
 process_1_file(
     inst_eddies_exe,
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ for inst_eddies_nml["input_ssh_nml"]["nc_time"] in range(
     print(
         "inst_eddies.loop_inst_eddies: Date:",
         inst_eddies_nml["main_nml"]["date"],
+        flush=True,
     )
 
     process_1_file(