diff --git a/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5 b/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
index e4f3652d18..ec06dda811 100644
--- a/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
+++ b/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
@@ -404,12 +404,12 @@
   // },
 
   plugins: {
-    dds: {
-      __config__: "../zenoh-plugin-dds/config.json5",
-      __path__: [
-        "../zenoh-plugin-dds/target/debug/libzenoh_plugin_dds.so",
-      ],
-    },
+    //dds: {
+    //  __config__: "../zenoh-plugin-dds/config.json5",
+    //  __path__: [
+    //    "../zenoh-plugin-dds/target/debug/libzenoh_plugin_dds.so",
+    //  ],
+    //},
     example: {
       __path__: [
         "target/debug/libzenoh_plugin_example.so",
diff --git a/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml
index 82cdeba6e5..a90c1f97ed 100644
--- a/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ name = "zenoh_plugin_example"
 # This crate type will make `cargo` output a dynamic library instead of a rust static library
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
+[features]
+crashable = ["zenoh/crashable"]
+
 [dependencies]
 async-std = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
 clap = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/plugins/example-plugin/src/lib.rs b/plugins/example-plugin/src/lib.rs
index e74803d52d..9285f96065 100644
--- a/plugins/example-plugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/example-plugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,17 @@ impl Plugin for ExamplePlugin {
 
     // The first operation called by zenohd on the plugin
     fn start(name: &str, runtime: &Self::StartArgs) -> ZResult<Self::RunningPlugin> {
-        let dummy = runtime._dummy;
-        println!("dummy: {}", dummy);
-        eprintln!("edummy: {}", dummy);
-        info!("ldummy: {}", dummy);
-        if dummy {
-            panic!("FOOOO!!!!");
+
+        // panic!("panic");
+
+        #[cfg(feature="crashable")]
+        {
+            panic!("FOOOO!!!! : {}", runtime._dummy);
         }
+        info!("example started");
+        println!("example started !");
+        panic!("example started !!");
+
         let config = runtime.config.lock();
         let self_cfg = config.plugin(name).unwrap().as_object().unwrap();
         // get the plugin's config details from self_cfg Map (here the "storage-selector" property)