diff --git a/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java b/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java
index 01d00fbeb..be49f279f 100644
--- a/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ExitStatusIntegrationTests {
         invoker.setLogDir("logs/test");
         ProcessResult result = invoker.run("exitstatus_erroronclose", 30,
             java, "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/error_on_close", "run",
-            "driver=diag", "rate=5", "op=noop", "cycles=10", "erroronclose=true", "-vvv"
+            "driver=diag", "threads=2", "rate=5", "op=noop", "cycles=10", "erroronclose=true", "-vvv"
         );
         String stdout = String.join("\n", result.getStdoutData());
         String stderr = String.join("\n", result.getStderrData());