diff --git a/examples/simple_example_1.py b/examples/simple_example_1.py
index fbadbd657c36fa1dadf0bca65cff3e9cccd269ea..388128d0d246d73f0236b054a3228ec20c46864e 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example_1.py
+++ b/examples/simple_example_1.py
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ env.reset()
 env_renderer = RenderTool(env)
 env_renderer.render_env(show=True, show_predictions=False, show_observations=False)
 
-input("Press Enter to continue...")
+# uncomment to keep the renderer open
+#input("Press Enter to continue...")
diff --git a/examples/simple_example_2.py b/examples/simple_example_2.py
index 6db9ba5abbd0999ef3896e733516ed6b3e498bae..34abee096a043b73f53de8eed42a2e2b73ec1cc5 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example_2.py
+++ b/examples/simple_example_2.py
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ env.reset()
 env_renderer = RenderTool(env, gl="PIL")
 env_renderer.render_env(show=True)
 
-input("Press Enter to continue...")
+# uncomment to keep the renderer open
+#input("Press Enter to continue...")