Index: launch.scm
==================================================================
--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@
 							  (list 'set-vars  (if params (hash-table-ref/default params "-setvars" #f)))
 							  (list 'runname   runname)
 							  (list 'mt-bindir-path mt-bindir-path))))))) ;; (string-intersperse keyvallst " "))))
     ;; clean out step records from previous run if they exist
     (debug:print 4 "INFO: FIXMEEEEE!!!! This can be removed some day, perhaps move all test records to the test db?")
-    (db:delete-test-step-records db test-id)
+    (open-run-close db:delete-test-step-records db test-id)
     (change-directory work-area) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
     (open-run-close test-set-status! db test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
     (cond
      ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname
       (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))

Index: tests/fullrun/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fullrun/megatest.config
+++ tests/fullrun/megatest.config
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 [include config/mt_include_1.config]
 
 [setup]
 # FULL or 2, NORMAL or 1, OFF or 0
-synchronous FULL
+synchronous OFF
 throttle 50
 
 [validvalues]
 state start end 
 status pass fail n/a 0 1 running