diff --git a/examples/staging/stage_write/stage_write.c b/examples/staging/stage_write/stage_write.c
index bd6dfd207..326d35873 100644
--- a/examples/staging/stage_write/stage_write.c
+++ b/examples/staging/stage_write/stage_write.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int process_metadata(int step)
     adios_get_grouplist(f, &group_namelist);
     group_name = strdup (group_namelist[0]);
     print0("Group name is %s\n", group_name);
-    adios_declare_group(&gh,group_name,"",adios_flag_yes);
+    adios_declare_group(&gh,group_name,"",adios_stat_default);
 
 
     varinfo = (VarInfo *) malloc (sizeof(VarInfo) * f->nvars);
diff --git a/examples/staging/stage_write_varyingsize/stage_write.c b/examples/staging/stage_write_varyingsize/stage_write.c
index b35806e79..4c0be6994 100644
--- a/examples/staging/stage_write_varyingsize/stage_write.c
+++ b/examples/staging/stage_write_varyingsize/stage_write.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ int process_metadata(int step)
         adios_get_grouplist(f, &group_namelist);
         group_name = strdup (group_namelist[0]);
         print0("Group name is %s\n", group_name);
-        adios_declare_group(&gh,group_name,"",adios_flag_yes);
+        adios_declare_group(&gh,group_name,"",adios_stat_default);
     }
 
     varinfo = (VarInfo *) malloc (sizeof(VarInfo) * f->nvars);
diff --git a/tutorial/201308_Chester/noxml_C/adios_global_no_xml.c b/tutorial/201308_Chester/noxml_C/adios_global_no_xml.c
index e05931616..9ef3c947c 100644
--- a/tutorial/201308_Chester/noxml_C/adios_global_no_xml.c
+++ b/tutorial/201308_Chester/noxml_C/adios_global_no_xml.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	adios_init_noxml (comm);
         adios_allocate_buffer (ADIOS_BUFFER_ALLOC_NOW, 10);
 
-        adios_declare_group (&m_adios_group, "restart", "iter", adios_flag_yes);
+        adios_declare_group (&m_adios_group, "restart", "iter", adios_stat_default);
         adios_select_method (m_adios_group, "MPI", "", "");
 
 
diff --git a/tutorial/201308_Chester/staging/stage_write.c b/tutorial/201308_Chester/staging/stage_write.c
index 515c6fe6d..5a1a1c8b1 100644
--- a/tutorial/201308_Chester/staging/stage_write.c
+++ b/tutorial/201308_Chester/staging/stage_write.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int process_metadata(int step)
     // get groupname of stream, then declare for output
     adios_get_grouplist(f, &group_namelist);
     print0("Group name is %s\n", group_namelist[0]);
-    adios_declare_group(&gh,group_namelist[0],"",adios_flag_yes);
+    adios_declare_group(&gh,group_namelist[0],"",adios_stat_default);
 
 
     varinfo = (VarInfo *) malloc (sizeof(VarInfo) * f->nvars);
diff --git a/tutorial/201402_OLCF/noxml/adios_global_no_xml.c b/tutorial/201402_OLCF/noxml/adios_global_no_xml.c
index e05931616..9ef3c947c 100644
--- a/tutorial/201402_OLCF/noxml/adios_global_no_xml.c
+++ b/tutorial/201402_OLCF/noxml/adios_global_no_xml.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	adios_init_noxml (comm);
         adios_allocate_buffer (ADIOS_BUFFER_ALLOC_NOW, 10);
 
-        adios_declare_group (&m_adios_group, "restart", "iter", adios_flag_yes);
+        adios_declare_group (&m_adios_group, "restart", "iter", adios_stat_default);
         adios_select_method (m_adios_group, "MPI", "", "");
 
 
diff --git a/tutorial/201402_OLCF/staging/stage_write.c b/tutorial/201402_OLCF/staging/stage_write.c
index bfebc1618..254f846b5 100644
--- a/tutorial/201402_OLCF/staging/stage_write.c
+++ b/tutorial/201402_OLCF/staging/stage_write.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int process_metadata(int step)
     // get groupname of stream, then declare for output
     adios_get_grouplist(f, &group_namelist);
     print0("Group name is %s\n", group_namelist[0]);
-    adios_declare_group(&gh,group_namelist[0],"",adios_flag_yes);
+    adios_declare_group(&gh,group_namelist[0],"",adios_stat_default);
 
 
     varinfo = (VarInfo *) malloc (sizeof(VarInfo) * f->nvars);
diff --git a/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp.c b/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp.c
index 4060fdf87..0848d4b76 100644
--- a/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp.c
+++ b/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv) {
         /* First create all of the groups */
         // now I need to create this group in the file that will be written
 
-        adios_declare_group(&new_adios_group,f->group_namelist[gidx],"",adios_flag_yes);
+        adios_declare_group(&new_adios_group,f->group_namelist[gidx],"",adios_stat_default);
 
 
         if(strcmp(argv[5],"MPI_LUSTRE")!=0)   //see whether or not the user uses MPI_LUSTRE method
diff --git a/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp_klasky.c b/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp_klasky.c
index d89c9c423..2e651f4f1 100644
--- a/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp_klasky.c
+++ b/utils/bp2bp/bp2bp_klasky.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
       }
       /* First create all of the groups */
       // now I need to create this group in the file that will be written
-      adios_declare_group(&m_adios_group,f->group_namelist[gidx],"",adios_flag_yes);
+      adios_declare_group(&m_adios_group,f->group_namelist[gidx],"",adios_stat_default);
       adios_select_method (m_adios_group, argv[4], "", "");
       
       // for each variable, I need to know how  much to read in... I have a buffer, so I can
diff --git a/utils/fastbit/adios_index_fastbit.c b/utils/fastbit/adios_index_fastbit.c
index 127b7ac4d..3a7892502 100644
--- a/utils/fastbit/adios_index_fastbit.c
+++ b/utils/fastbit/adios_index_fastbit.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void onSelection(int rank, ADIOS_FILE* f, ADIOS_VARINFO* v, int timestep, char*
       sum_nb += nb; sum_nk += nk, sum_no += no;
 
       adios_allocate_buffer (ADIOS_BUFFER_ALLOC_NOW, 500); // +5MB for extra room in buffer
-      adios_declare_group (&gAdios_group, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, "", adios_flag_yes);
+      adios_declare_group (&gAdios_group, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, "", adios_stat_default);
       adios_select_method (gAdios_group, "MPI", "", "");
 
       adios_open (&gAdios_write_file, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, gIdxFileName, "w", MPI_COMM_WORLD);
@@ -790,14 +790,14 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   
   /*
   adios_allocate_buffer (ADIOS_BUFFER_ALLOC_NOW, (f->file_size)*2/1048576 + 5); // +5MB for extra room in buffer
-  adios_declare_group (&gAdios_group, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, "", adios_flag_yes);
+  adios_declare_group (&gAdios_group, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, "", adios_stat_default);
   adios_select_method (gAdios_group, "MPI", "", "");
   */
   gIdxFileName = fastbit_adios_util_getFastbitIndexFileName(argv[1]);
   unlink(gIdxFileName);
 
       //adios_allocate_buffer (ADIOS_BUFFER_ALLOC_NOW, 500); // +5MB for extra room in buffer
-      adios_declare_group (&gAdios_group, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, "", adios_flag_yes);
+      adios_declare_group (&gAdios_group, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, "", adios_stat_default);
       adios_select_method (gAdios_group, "MPI", "", "");
 
       adios_open (&gAdios_write_file, gGroupNameFastbitIdx, gIdxFileName, "w", MPI_COMM_WORLD);
diff --git a/utils/skel/etc/templates/source_write_c.tmpl b/utils/skel/etc/templates/source_write_c.tmpl
index 73eaf5a60..48e06da5f 100644
--- a/utils/skel/etc/templates/source_write_c.tmpl
+++ b/utils/skel/etc/templates/source_write_c.tmpl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int64_t skel_adios_group;
 int color = skel_mpi_rank / 2;
 
 adios_allocate_buffer (ADIOS_BUFFER_ALLOC_NOW, $bpy.get_buf_size_mb());
-adios_declare_group (&skel_adios_group, "${bpy.get_group_name()}", "", adios_flag_no);
+adios_declare_group (&skel_adios_group, "${bpy.get_group_name()}", "", adios_stat_no);
 
 char paramstring[<%= len(self.bpy.get_parameters()) + 64 %>];
 //sprintf (paramstring, "color:%i;%s", color, "$bpy.get_parameters()");