diff --git a/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_reco_tf_compare_SerialAndThreadedAthenas.sh b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_reco_tf_compare_SerialAndThreadedAthenas.sh
index 8e5e36484ff8256f03bf301f59d69593f4e4ce85..88f88e739ff42d1edfe60bbd7acf183dd85d48c0 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_reco_tf_compare_SerialAndThreadedAthenas.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/RecExample/RecExRecoTest/test/test_reco_tf_compare_SerialAndThreadedAthenas.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 echo "Creating new serial directory"
 mkdir serial; cd serial
-Reco_tf.py --AMI=$1 | tee athenaSerial.log
+Reco_tf.py --AMI=$1 --preExec='RAWtoESD:from AthenaMonitoring.DQMonFlags import jobproperties;jobproperties.DQMonFlagsCont.doMonitoring.set_Value_and_Lock(False)' | tee athenaSerial.log
 rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 echo "art-result: $rc Serial"
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd ../
 echo "Creating new threadOne directory"
 mkdir threadOne; cd threadOne
 
-Reco_tf.py --athenaopts="--threads=1" --AMI=$1 | tee athenaOneThread.log
+Reco_tf.py --athenaopts="--threads=1" --AMI=$1 --preExec='RAWtoESD:from AthenaMonitoring.DQMonFlags import jobproperties;jobproperties.DQMonFlagsCont.doMonitoring.set_Value_and_Lock(False)' | tee athenaOneThread.log
 rc1=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 echo "art-result: $rc1 OneThread"
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cd ../
 echo "Creating new threadTwo directory"
 mkdir threadTwo; cd threadTwo
 
-Reco_tf.py --athenaopts="--threads=1" --AMI=$1 | tee athenaTwoThreads.log
+Reco_tf.py --athenaopts="--threads=1" --AMI=$1 --preExec='RAWtoESD:from AthenaMonitoring.DQMonFlags import jobproperties;jobproperties.DQMonFlagsCont.doMonitoring.set_Value_and_Lock(False)' | tee athenaTwoThreads.log
 rc2=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 echo "art-result: $rc2 TwoThreads"
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cd ../
 echo "Creating new threadFive directory"
 mkdir threadFive; cd threadFive
 
-Reco_tf.py --athenaopts="--threads=1" --AMI=$1 | tee athenaFiveThreads.log
+Reco_tf.py --athenaopts="--threads=1" --AMI=$1 --preExec='RAWtoESD:from AthenaMonitoring.DQMonFlags import jobproperties;jobproperties.DQMonFlagsCont.doMonitoring.set_Value_and_Lock(False)' | tee athenaFiveThreads.log
 rc5=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 echo "art-result: $rc5 FiveThreads"