diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-contrail40/sl.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-contrail40/sl.yaml
index cdb0daf..49cf6a8 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-contrail40/sl.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-contrail40/sl.yaml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Run salt minion to create cert files
-  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False "*" state.sls salt.minion
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False "*" state.sls salt.minion -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 3, delay: 15}
   skip_fail: false