diff --git a/rdfunit-validate/src/main/java/org/aksw/rdfunit/validate/ws/ValidateWS.java b/rdfunit-validate/src/main/java/org/aksw/rdfunit/validate/ws/ValidateWS.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/rdfunit-validate/src/main/java/org/aksw/rdfunit/validate/ws/ValidateWS.java
+++ b/rdfunit-validate/src/main/java/org/aksw/rdfunit/validate/ws/ValidateWS.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class ValidateWS extends AbstractRDFUnitWebService {
             throw new TestCaseExecutionException(null, "Cannot initialize test executor. Exiting");
         }
         final SimpleTestExecutorMonitor testExecutorMonitor = new SimpleTestExecutorMonitor();
+        testExecutorMonitor.setExecutionType(configuration.getTestCaseExecutionType());
         testExecutor.addTestExecutorMonitor(testExecutorMonitor);
 
         // warning, caches intermediate results
handed down variable testcaseexecutiontype as it was causing a null pointer, since it was not set