diff --git a/plugins/TestingList.java b/plugins/TestingList.java
index fe32851..13ac919 100644
--- a/plugins/TestingList.java
+++ b/plugins/TestingList.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2015 Paul Scherrer Institute. All rights reserved.
  */
 
+import ch.psi.pshell.core.Controller;
 import ch.psi.utils.swing.MonitoredPanel;
 import ch.psi.pshell.ui.Panel;
 import ch.psi.utils.swing.SwingUtils;
@@ -816,7 +817,8 @@ public class TestingList extends Panel {
                     //collect tests to be launched in parallel
                     //the test must be: selected, set as start with previous, pending.
                     //alternatively, the test must be: selected, first of the list.
-                    System.out.println(String.valueOf(row) +"\t"+  String.valueOf(bSelected) +"\t"+ String.valueOf(selectedTestsRows.length) +"\t"+ sStartSequence +"\t"+ sStatus);
+                    
+                    //System.out.println(String.valueOf(row) +"\t"+  String.valueOf(bSelected) +"\t"+ String.valueOf(selectedTestsRows.length) +"\t"+ sStartSequence +"\t"+ sStatus);
                     
                     if(     bSelected &&                              
                             sStatus.equals(TestStatus.PENDING.toString()) &&
@@ -844,8 +846,8 @@ public class TestingList extends Panel {
          
         //start all the tests in the rowsToExecute
         private int executeParallelTestsGroup(int[] rowsToExecute){
-            HashMap args = new HashMap();
             int iRet = -1;
+            RunTest runTest;
             for(int row: rowsToExecute){
                     String sDeviceName =   jTable1.getValueAt(row, COL.DEVICENAME.ordinal()).toString();
                     String sTestName =     jTable1.getValueAt(row, COL.TESTNAME.ordinal()).toString();
@@ -870,16 +872,24 @@ public class TestingList extends Panel {
                             logger.log(Level.INFO, "Running Test '" + sTestName + "'. No parameters found.");
                             System.out.println("Running test '"+sTestName + "'. No parameters found.");
                         }
+//                        runTest = new RunTest(sDeviceName, sTestPath, mParameters);
+//                        Thread t = new Thread(runTest);
+//                        t.start();      
+                        HashMap args = new HashMap();
+                        Object ret = eval("ret");
+                        for(int i=0 ; i<1000000 ; i++){
+                            ret = eval("ret");
+                            if(String.valueOf(ret) != "") break;
+                        }
                         args.put("parameters", mParameters);
                         args.put("device", sDeviceName); 
                         args.put("ret", ""); 
                         args.put("status", false);      
                         System.out.println("Parameters passed: "+ String.valueOf(mParameters));
-                        runAsync(sTestPath, args);
-                        try {
-                            Thread.sleep(100);                 //1000 milliseconds is one second.
-                        } catch(InterruptedException ex) {
-                            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                        try {   
+                            runAsync(sTestPath, args);
+                        } catch (Controller.ControllerStateException ex) {
+                            Logger.getLogger(TestingList.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                         }                        
                         iRet = 0;
                     } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -892,6 +902,53 @@ public class TestingList extends Panel {
             return iRet;
         }
         
+        
+        
+    public class RunTest implements Runnable {
+
+        private String sDeviceName, sTestPath;
+        private HashMap mParameters;
+
+        public RunTest(String sDeviceName, String sTestPath, HashMap mParameters ){
+            this.sDeviceName = sDeviceName;
+            this.sTestPath   = sTestPath;
+            this.mParameters = mParameters;
+        }
+
+        public void run() {
+            // code in the other thread, can reference "var" variable
+                HashMap args = new HashMap();
+                try {   
+                    Thread.sleep(1000); 
+                    args.put("parameters", mParameters);
+                    args.put("device", sDeviceName); 
+                    args.put("ret", ""); 
+                    args.put("status", false);      
+                    System.out.println("Parameters passed: "+ String.valueOf(mParameters));
+                    runAsync(sTestPath, args);
+                } catch (Controller.ControllerStateException ex) {
+                    Logger.getLogger(TestingList.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {        
+                Logger.getLogger(TestingList.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+            }        
+        }
+    }
+        
+        //delete this
+        private void runTest(String sDeviceName, String sTestPath, HashMap mParameters ){
+            HashMap args = new HashMap();
+            args.put("parameters", mParameters);
+            args.put("device", sDeviceName); 
+            args.put("ret", ""); 
+            args.put("status", false);      
+            System.out.println("Parameters passed: "+ String.valueOf(mParameters));
+            try {   
+                runAsync(sTestPath, args);
+            } catch (Controller.ControllerStateException ex) {
+                Logger.getLogger(TestingList.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /**
          *table management
          */