@@ -254,11 +254,11 @@
 	      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id area-dat params remretries: (- remretries 1)))
 	    (begin
 	      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: too many retries in rmt:open-qry-close-locally, giving up")
 	      #f))
 	(begin
-	  (rmt:update-db-stats run-id cmd params duration)
+	  ;; (rmt:update-db-stats run-id cmd params duration)
 	  ;; mark this run as dirty if this was a write
 	  (if (not (member cmd api:read-only-queries))
 	      (let ((start-time (current-seconds)))
 		(mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
 		;; (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *db-local-sync* run-id #f))
@@ -425,11 +425,11 @@
 					   (mutex-unlock! multi-run-mutex))
 					 (debug:print 0 "ERROR: get-tests-for-run-mindata failed for run-id " hed ", testpatt " testpatt ", states " states ", status " status ", not-in " not-in))))
 				 (conc "multi-run-thread for run-id " hed)))
 		     (newthreads (cons newthread threads)))
 		(thread-start! newthread)
-		(thread-sleep! 0.5) ;; give that thread some time to start
+		(thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; give that thread some time to start
 		(if (null? tal)
 		    newthreads
 		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newthreads))))))
     result))