diff --git a/examples/language-modeling/llama2_ds_zero3_config.json b/examples/language-modeling/llama2_ds_zero3_config.json
index 2d64cbd0b3..557eb09378 100755
--- a/examples/language-modeling/llama2_ds_zero3_config.json
+++ b/examples/language-modeling/llama2_ds_zero3_config.json
@@ -12,5 +12,11 @@
         "overlap_comm": false,
         "contiguous_gradients": false,
         "stage3_gather_16bit_weights_on_model_save": true
+    },
+    "timers": {
+        "throughput": {
+           "enabled": true,
+           "synchronized": false
+        }
     }
 }