diff --git a/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh b/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh
index 44ab8d1..42ac4e5 100755
--- a/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh
+++ b/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ EXAPPDIR=../../../examples/example_app
 
 pushd `dirname "$0"`
 pwd
-make clean
 echo Starting Iteropts run >> $LOGFILE
 for f in $EXAPPDIR/test_configs/*.h
 do
+    echo Cleaning...
+    make clean
+    BUILDLOG=$(basename "$f" ".h").log
     echo testing $f
     echo testing $f >> $LOGFILE
     rm $EXAPPDIR/lwipopts_test.h
     # cat the file to update its timestamp
     cat $f > $EXAPPDIR/lwipopts_test.h
-    make TESTFLAGS=-DLWIP_OPTTEST_FILE -j || echo file $f failed >> $LOGFILE
+    make TESTFLAGS=-DLWIP_OPTTEST_FILE -j 8 &> $BUILDLOG 2>&1 || echo file $f failed >> $LOGFILE
     echo test $f done >> $LOGFILE
 done
 echo done, cleaning