diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0999f28b..98d5fa80 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           command: docker pull cosmwasm/wasmd:latest
       - run:
           command: ./projects/scripts/cosm/start.sh
+          background: true
       - run:
           command: sleep 15
       - run: