diff --git a/collect.sh b/collect.sh
index b147747..68e17e6 100755
--- a/collect.sh
+++ b/collect.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ echo "Will auto upload to iXsystem when completed."
 echo "Airgapped Systems will need to exfiltrate /root/*.csv"
 echo ""
 
-
 iterations=$1
 
 echo "Starting gstat Collection"
-timeout "$minutes"m gstat -C -s -d -o -p -I 60s > /root/gstat.csv
+timeout "$minutes"m gstat -C -s -d -o -p -I 60s > /root/gstat.csv &
 
 echo "Starting iostat Collection"
 for (( i=1; i<=$iterations; i++ )); do