diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
index e464421ad448a5e5ad6af402a739dd528a21b9ba..4a60be86f691354fcc1c2cb80367bc394bc83d9c 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sleep 5s
 docker-compose ps
 
 if test -f "./test.sh"; then
-    timeout 3m ./test.sh
+    timeout --foreground 3m ./test.sh
     RETURN=$?
 else
     RETURN=$?