diff --git a/runscripts/read1MegTenTimesDiscard2.bat b/runscripts/read1MegTenTimesDiscard2.bat
index 4cde9236d2062b54397d8af05b0c1c5d1defdcae..87023965e0fc534f138ffa70fb92df61446e74e9 100644
--- a/runscripts/read1MegTenTimesDiscard2.bat
+++ b/runscripts/read1MegTenTimesDiscard2.bat
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 @rem java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -targetip 172.20.82.180 -sz 1M -r 2
 @rem test:
 java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -sz 1M -r 10 -x 2
+pause
diff --git a/runscripts/read1MegTwice.bat b/runscripts/read1MegTwice.bat
index e0d0daa42047cbba58c4f43ca0bc3a6256f30933..d2c9e27b8742e22e241e6145990c18c650ba11ac 100644
--- a/runscripts/read1MegTwice.bat
+++ b/runscripts/read1MegTwice.bat
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 @rem java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -targetip 172.20.82.180 -sz 1M -r 2
 @rem test:
 java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -sz 1M -r 2
+pause
diff --git a/runscripts/readexample.bat b/runscripts/readexample.bat
index c98323944cc46f52d2557028730ebcae5bb9ff4b..e67eb3e020d1f4e5a510d3ec975febc177883715 100755
--- a/runscripts/readexample.bat
+++ b/runscripts/readexample.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
 @rem java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -targetip 172.20.82.180
 java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -targetip localhost
+pause
diff --git a/runscripts/server.bat b/runscripts/server.bat
index d4b33871f77818f981e28cab0c414daed9d9aabc..483fd1ed905ab60e6e5bc4519502ab09a148bd1a 100644
--- a/runscripts/server.bat
+++ b/runscripts/server.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 @echo off
 java -jar ../dist/LiFiBenchmarkFat.jar -server
+pause