diff --git a/cc/silo/bomb_silo.cc b/cc/silo/bomb_silo.cc
index cfc3229d..02b7c698 100644
--- a/cc/silo/bomb_silo.cc
+++ b/cc/silo/bomb_silo.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
         std::string logpath;
         genLogFile(logpath, thid);
         trans.logfile_.open(logpath, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0644);
-        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(10 ^ 9);
+        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(1000000000);
 #else
         (void) trans;
 #endif
diff --git a/cc/silo/sbomb_silo.cc b/cc/silo/sbomb_silo.cc
index b74a76a1..c0e62110 100644
--- a/cc/silo/sbomb_silo.cc
+++ b/cc/silo/sbomb_silo.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
         std::string logpath;
         genLogFile(logpath, thid);
         trans.logfile_.open(logpath, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0644);
-        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(10 ^ 9);
+        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(1000000000);
 #else
         (void) trans;
 #endif
diff --git a/cc/silo/tpcc_silo.cc b/cc/silo/tpcc_silo.cc
index 7ea90938..8bf6b808 100644
--- a/cc/silo/tpcc_silo.cc
+++ b/cc/silo/tpcc_silo.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
         std::string logpath;
         genLogFile(logpath, thid);
         trans.logfile_.open(logpath, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0644);
-        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(10 ^ 9);
+        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(1000000000);
 #else
         (void) trans;
 #endif
diff --git a/cc/silo/ycsb_silo.cc b/cc/silo/ycsb_silo.cc
index 29237daa..2bb75ce2 100644
--- a/cc/silo/ycsb_silo.cc
+++ b/cc/silo/ycsb_silo.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
         std::string logpath;
         genLogFile(logpath, thid);
         trans.logfile_.open(logpath, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0644);
-        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(10 ^ 9);
+        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(1000000000);
 #else
         (void) trans;
 #endif
diff --git a/cc/ss2pl/bomb_ss2pl.cc b/cc/ss2pl/bomb_ss2pl.cc
index c4fd477e..051d732b 100644
--- a/cc/ss2pl/bomb_ss2pl.cc
+++ b/cc/ss2pl/bomb_ss2pl.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
         std::string logpath;
         genLogFile(logpath, thid);
         trans.logfile_.open(logpath, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0644);
-        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(10 ^ 9);
+        trans.logfile_.ftruncate(1000000000);
 #else
         (void) trans;
 #endif