diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
index fd5cc45e77..b894cf3288 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
@@ -107,12 +107,16 @@ function test_run() {
         echo "<EXECUTION LOG Test Case = $test_case_name.${tags_array[$tags_array_index]}, Run = $run_index >" >> "$temp_exec_log"
         echo "Executing $main_exec $main_exec_args_array_index " >> "$temp_exec_log"
         uname -a >> "$temp_exec_log"
-        "$main_exec" $main_exec_args_array_index >> "$temp_exec_log"  2>&1
+        "$main_exec" $main_exec_args_array_index >> "$temp_exec_log"  2>&1 &
+     done
 
+     wait
+
+     for (( run_index=1; run_index <= $nruns; run_index++ ))
+      do
         echo "</EXECUTION LOG Test Case = $test_case_name.${tags_array[$tags_array_index]},  Run = $run_index >" >> $temp_exec_log  2>&1
         cat $temp_exec_log >> $log_file  2>&1
 
-
         result=PASS
         for search_expr in "${search_expr_array[@]}"
         do