diff --git a/examples/Example1_BasicNMEARead/Example1_BasicNMEARead.ino b/examples/Example1_BasicNMEARead/Example1_BasicNMEARead.ino
index f2c2368..55a7a23 100644
--- a/examples/Example1_BasicNMEARead/Example1_BasicNMEARead.ino
+++ b/examples/Example1_BasicNMEARead/Example1_BasicNMEARead.ino
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ void setup()
     while (1);
   }
 
+  myGNSS.setI2COutput(COM_TYPE_UBX | COM_TYPE_NMEA); //Set the I2C port to output both NMEA and UBX messages
+  myGNSS.saveConfigSelective(VAL_CFG_SUBSEC_IOPORT); //Save (only) the communications port settings to flash and BBR
+
   //This will pipe all NMEA sentences to the serial port so we can see them
   myGNSS.setNMEAOutputPort(Serial);
 }
diff --git a/examples/Example2_NMEAParsing/Example2_NMEAParsing.ino b/examples/Example2_NMEAParsing/Example2_NMEAParsing.ino
index 48b691b..cf329a5 100644
--- a/examples/Example2_NMEAParsing/Example2_NMEAParsing.ino
+++ b/examples/Example2_NMEAParsing/Example2_NMEAParsing.ino
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ void setup()
     while (1);
   }
 
+  myGNSS.setI2COutput(COM_TYPE_UBX | COM_TYPE_NMEA); //Set the I2C port to output both NMEA and UBX messages
+  myGNSS.saveConfigSelective(VAL_CFG_SUBSEC_IOPORT); //Save (only) the communications port settings to flash and BBR
+
   myGNSS.setProcessNMEAMask(SFE_UBLOX_FILTER_NMEA_ALL); // Make sure the library is passing all NMEA messages to processNMEA
 
   myGNSS.setProcessNMEAMask(SFE_UBLOX_FILTER_NMEA_GGA); // Or, we can be kind to MicroNMEA and _only_ pass the GGA messages to it