diff --git a/env.sh b/env.sh
index 45179d8..62c56cb 100644
--- a/env.sh
+++ b/env.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # make sure all child processes are killed
-trap "trap - SIGTERM && kill -- -$$" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+trap "pkill -P $$" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
 # get testing home directory from finding absolute path of env.sh
-DIR="$(dirname $0)"
+DIR=$(dirname $0)
 TEST_HOME=$(cd "$(dirname $BASH_SOURCE)"; pwd)
 
 # test config variables
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ TEST_HOME=$(cd "$(dirname $BASH_SOURCE)"; pwd)
 
 collect() {
     if [ -f "$OUTCONFIG" ]; then
-        $COLLECTBEAT -c <(cat "$DIR/collect.yml" "$OUTCONFIG")
+        $COLLECTBEAT -c <(cat "$DIR/collect.yml" "$OUTCONFIG") &
     else
-        $COLLECTBEAT -c <(cat $DIR/collect.yml <(echo "output.console:")) > $OUTDIR/stats.json
+        $COLLECTBEAT -c <(cat $DIR/collect.yml <(echo "output.console:")) > $OUTDIR/stats.json &
     fi
 }
 
 watch() {
     if $ENABLE_WATCH && [ -f "$EXPVAR_RATES" ]; then
-        python $EXPVAR_RATES $1/debug/vars
+        python $EXPVAR_RATES $1/debug/vars &
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/genbeat_logstash/compressed/collect.yml b/genbeat_logstash/compressed/collect.yml
index 165b9f0..141e56c 100644
--- a/genbeat_logstash/compressed/collect.yml
+++ b/genbeat_logstash/compressed/collect.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
   period: 1s
   processes:
     - generatorbeat
-    - tst-lj
+    - java
 
 - module: beats
   metricsets:
diff --git a/genbeat_logstash/compressed/run.sh b/genbeat_logstash/compressed/run.sh
index bdb17c6..272bd5e 100755
--- a/genbeat_logstash/compressed/run.sh
+++ b/genbeat_logstash/compressed/run.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 source $(dirname $0)/../../env.sh
 
 ## start logstash test server
-$LOGSTASH -f logstash.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+$LOGSTASH -f $DIR/logstash.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 
 # start generatorbeat sending events to test server
 $GENERATORBEAT -httpprof localhost:6060 -c $DIR/genbeat.yml &
 
-watch http://localhost:6060 &
+watch http://localhost:6060
 
-# start metrics collection
 sleep 5
-collect &
+collect
 
 wait_shut $1
diff --git a/genbeat_tstlj_es/run.sh b/genbeat_tstlj_es/run.sh
index 4c3fe6f..fabb40d 100755
--- a/genbeat_tstlj_es/run.sh
+++ b/genbeat_tstlj_es/run.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ $TST_LJ -es -bind localhost:9200 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 # start generatorbeat sending events to test server
 $GENERATORBEAT -httpprof localhost:6060 -c $DIR/genbeat.yml &
 
-watch http://localhost:6060 &
+watch http://localhost:6060
 
-# start metrics collection
-collect &
+collect
 
 wait_shut $1
diff --git a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed/run.sh b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed/run.sh
index b8f3f37..a3de10e 100755
--- a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed/run.sh
+++ b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed/run.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $TST_LJ -v2 -bind localhost:5044 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 # start generatorbeat sending events to test server
 $GENERATORBEAT -httpprof localhost:6060 -c $DIR/genbeat.yml &
 
-watch http://localhost:6060 &
+watch http://localhost:6060
 
-collect &
+collect
 
 wait_shut $1
diff --git a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed_pipelined/run.sh b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed_pipelined/run.sh
index b8f3f37..a3de10e 100755
--- a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed_pipelined/run.sh
+++ b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed_pipelined/run.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $TST_LJ -v2 -bind localhost:5044 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 # start generatorbeat sending events to test server
 $GENERATORBEAT -httpprof localhost:6060 -c $DIR/genbeat.yml &
 
-watch http://localhost:6060 &
+watch http://localhost:6060
 
-collect &
+collect
 
 wait_shut $1
diff --git a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed/run.sh b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed/run.sh
index b8f3f37..a3de10e 100755
--- a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed/run.sh
+++ b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed/run.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $TST_LJ -v2 -bind localhost:5044 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 # start generatorbeat sending events to test server
 $GENERATORBEAT -httpprof localhost:6060 -c $DIR/genbeat.yml &
 
-watch http://localhost:6060 &
+watch http://localhost:6060
 
-collect &
+collect
 
 wait_shut $1
diff --git a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed_pipelined/run.sh b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed_pipelined/run.sh
index b8f3f37..a3de10e 100755
--- a/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed_pipelined/run.sh
+++ b/genbeat_tstlj_v2/uncompressed_pipelined/run.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $TST_LJ -v2 -bind localhost:5044 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 # start generatorbeat sending events to test server
 $GENERATORBEAT -httpprof localhost:6060 -c $DIR/genbeat.yml &
 
-watch http://localhost:6060 &
+watch http://localhost:6060
 
-collect &
+collect
 
 wait_shut $1
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..37425d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+trap "trap - SIGTERM && kill -- -$$" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+export DURATION=240
+export ENABLE_WATCH=false
+
+while true; do
+    #./genbeat_logstash/compressed/run.sh
+    #./genbeat_logstash/uncompressed_pipelined/run.sh
+    ./genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed/run.sh
+    ./genbeat_tstlj_v2/compressed_pipelined/run.sh
+    #./genbeat_tstlj_es/run.sh
+done