diff --git a/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c b/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c
index 34302ac2b0cec3f93c1d5aa24c306407a68ce7ab..34f5c87c44e1c5e55f945ba589d469ac64894ea7 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c
+++ b/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c
@@ -3494,6 +3494,11 @@ static bool getMetaFromInsertJsonFile(cJSON* root) {
         __func__, __LINE__);
       goto PARSE_OVER;
     } else if (numRecPerReq->valueint > MAX_RECORDS_PER_REQ) {
+      printf("NOTICE: number of records per request value %"PRIu64" > %d\n\n",
+              numRecPerReq->valueint, MAX_RECORDS_PER_REQ);
+      printf("        number of records per request value will be set to %d\n\n",
+              MAX_RECORDS_PER_REQ);
+      prompt();
       numRecPerReq->valueint = MAX_RECORDS_PER_REQ;
     }
     g_args.num_of_RPR = numRecPerReq->valueint;
@@ -3979,10 +3984,7 @@ static bool getMetaFromInsertJsonFile(cJSON* root) {
                   i, j, g_Dbs.db[i].superTbls[j].interlaceRows, g_args.num_of_RPR);
           printf("        interlace rows value will be set to num_of_records_per_req %"PRIu64"\n\n",
                   g_args.num_of_RPR);
-          if (!g_args.answer_yes) {
-            printf("        press Enter key to continue or Ctrl-C to stop.");
-            (void)getchar();
-          }
+          prompt();
           g_Dbs.db[i].superTbls[j].interlaceRows = g_args.num_of_RPR;
         }
       } else if (!interlaceRows) {
diff --git a/tests/perftest-scripts/perftest-query.sh b/tests/perftest-scripts/perftest-query.sh
index 9a160846838c76a4bc1f9f6f0b2d08a0f62fc1da..c6d4687ed700fc266e4911019ccf7882c086bc0f 100755
--- a/tests/perftest-scripts/perftest-query.sh
+++ b/tests/perftest-scripts/perftest-query.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function runQueryPerfTest {
 	
 	python3 tools/taosdemoPerformance.py -c $LOCAL_COMMIT | tee -a $PERFORMANCE_TEST_REPORT
 
-	python3 perfbenchmark/joinPerformance.py  | tee -a $PERFORMANCE_TEST_REPORT
+	#python3 perfbenchmark/joinPerformance.py  | tee -a $PERFORMANCE_TEST_REPORT
 	
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoPerformance.py b/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoPerformance.py
index b50180e2b3452b8f6f4d0701fa595582cc5a7937..a32cba167ef83a0036683f28297ca15d53939514 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoPerformance.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoPerformance.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class taosdemoPerformace:
         return output
 
     def insertData(self):        
-        os.system("taosdemo -f %s > taosdemoperf.txt" % self.generateJson())
+        os.system("taosdemo -f %s > taosdemoperf.txt 2>&1" % self.generateJson())
         self.createTableTime = self.getCMDOutput("grep 'Spent' taosdemoperf.txt | awk 'NR==1{print $2}'")
         self.insertRecordsTime = self.getCMDOutput("grep 'Spent' taosdemoperf.txt | awk 'NR==2{print $2}'")
         self.recordsPerSecond = self.getCMDOutput("grep 'Spent' taosdemoperf.txt | awk 'NR==2{print $16}'")