@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@
 	       )
 
 	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
 	  (let loop ((count 0))
 	    (if (or (file-exists? top-path)
-		    (< count 10))
+		    (> count 10))
 		(change-directory top-path)
 		(begin
 		  (debug:print 0 "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " top-path " not found")
 		  (thread-sleep! 10)
 		  (loop (+ count 1)))))
@@ -293,18 +293,18 @@
 		      (list "default" target)))
 
 	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
 	  (let loop ((count 0))
 	    (if (or (file-exists? work-area)
-		    (< count 10))
+		    (> count 10))
 		(change-directory work-area)
 		(begin
 		  (debug:print 0 "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " work-area " not found")
 		  (thread-sleep! 10)
 		  (loop (+ count 1)))))
 
-	  (change-directory work-area) 
+	  ;; (change-directory work-area) 
 	  (set! keyvals    (keys:target->keyval keys target))
 	  ;; apply pre-overrides before other variables. The pre-override vars must not
 	  ;; clobbers things from the official sources such as megatest.config and runconfigs.config
 	  (if (string? set-vars)
 	      (let ((varpairs (string-split set-vars ",")))