diff --git a/examples/runTimeDepTest.sh b/examples/runTimeDepTest.sh
index e734313..b5fa732 100755
--- a/examples/runTimeDepTest.sh
+++ b/examples/runTimeDepTest.sh
@@ -1,82 +1,88 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Copyright 2020 University of Warwick
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
 #
 #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Laura++ package authors:
 # John Back
 # Paul Harrison
 # Thomas Latham
 
 # Fit ID, decay time acceptance model (flat, hist, spline), decay time resolution (0 or 1), per-event decay time error (0 or 1)
 if [ $# -lt 1 ]
 then
     echo "Usage: $0 <iFit> <decay_time_acceptance_model> <decay_time_resolution> <perevent_decay_time_error>"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 iFit=$1
 dta_model=$2
 dtr=$3
 dtr_perevent=$4
+fixTau=0
 
 # Modify these if you want to run more experiments
 nExpt=1
 firstExpt=0
 
 logName_genQFS=gen-QFS-dtamodel_$dta_model-dtr_$dtr-dtrperevent_$dtr_perevent.log
 logName_genCPE=gen-CPEven-dtamodel_$dta_model-dtr_$dtr-dtrperevent_$dtr_perevent.log
 
 logName_coord=coordinator-dtamodel_$dta_model-dtr_$dtr-dtrperevent_$dtr_perevent-$iFit.log 
 logName_taskQFS=task-QFS-dtamodel_$dta_model-dtr_$dtr-dtrperevent_$dtr_perevent-$iFit.log 
 logName_taskCPE=task-CPEven-dtamodel_$dta_model-dtr_$dtr-dtrperevent_$dtr_perevent-$iFit.log 
 
 if [ $iFit == 0 ]
 then
+    #run generation of the modes in parallel (put the tasks in the bg)
     echo "Generating QFS samples..."
-    Test_Dpipi gen --dtype QFS    --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_genQFS 2>&1
+    Test_Dpipi gen --dtype QFS    --fixTau $fixTau --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_genQFS 2>&1 &
 
     echo "Generating CPEven samples..."
-    Test_Dpipi gen --dtype CPEven --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_genCPE 2>&1
+    Test_Dpipi gen --dtype CPEven --fixTau $fixTau --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_genCPE 2>&1 &
+
+    wait #wait for the generation to complete
 fi
 
 echo "Running fit $iFit"
 
 SimFitCoordinator $iFit $nExpt $firstExpt 2 > $logName_coord 2>&1 &
 
 echo "Initialised coordinator process for fit $iFit"
 
 sleep 10
 
 port=`tail -1 $logName_coord | awk '{print $NF}'`
 
 echo "Coordinator is listening on port $port"
 echo "Initialising tasks..."
 
-Test_Dpipi simfit --dtype CPEven --port $port --iFit $iFit --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExpt $firstExpt --nExpt $nExpt --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_taskCPE 2>&1 &
+Test_Dpipi simfit --dtype CPEven --port $port --iFit $iFit --fixTau $fixTau --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExpt $firstExpt --nExpt $nExpt --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_taskCPE 2>&1 &
 sleep 5
-Test_Dpipi simfit --dtype QFS    --port $port --iFit $iFit --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExpt $firstExpt --nExpt $nExpt --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_taskQFS 2>&1
+Test_Dpipi simfit --dtype QFS    --port $port --iFit $iFit --fixTau $fixTau --dta-model $dta_model --dtr $dtr --dtr-perevent $dtr_perevent --firstExpt $firstExpt --nExpt $nExpt --firstExptGen $firstExpt --nExptGen $nExpt > $logName_taskQFS 2>&1 &
+
+wait #wait for the fits and coordinator to terminate
 
 echo "Fit completed"
 
 echo "Warnings/Errors from coordinator:"
 grep -e ERROR -e WARNING -e Error -e Warning $logName_coord
 
 echo "Warnings/Errors from CPeven task:"
 grep -e ERROR -e WARNING -e Error -e Warning $logName_taskCPE
 
 echo "Warnings/Errors from QFS task:"
 grep -e ERROR -e WARNING -e Error -e Warning $logName_taskQFS
 
 echo "Tests against reference gen/fit output to be implemented here"