diff --git a/ctctl b/ctctl
index d783ce8..8906462 100755
--- a/ctctl
+++ b/ctctl
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ ctctl_render_templates(){
       # And now delete the merged config
       rm -f ${CTCTL_BUNDLE_CONFIG}
 
-      if [ -n "${CTCTL_RENDER_EXAMPLE}" -a "${CTCTL_RENDER_EXAMPLE}" = "true" ]; then
+      if [ "$(echo ${BUNDLE} | jq -r '.render_example // "false"')" = "true" ]; then
         echo "Rendering example job with bundle variables only"
 
         I=0
diff --git a/ctctl.example.conf b/ctctl.example.conf
index ac82a46..9a72193 100644
--- a/ctctl.example.conf
+++ b/ctctl.example.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,3 @@
 # LOKI_PWD_CMD="vault read -field pwd kv/admin/loki"
 # Regex of tasks to ignore with ctctl loki
 # LOKI_IGNORE_TASKS="connect-proxy-.+|tls-proxy|metrics-proxy|pgbouncer"
-
-# You can render a bundle in the example directory of the bundle itself
-# using only the default variables
-# CTCTL_RENDER_EXAMPLE=true