diff --git a/source/libs/catalog/src/catalog.c b/source/libs/catalog/src/catalog.c
index 268322a86efa84942f3cce8013082e6f43923540..6ecff87a895cfc61b4024eb62c412c61c678fe71 100644
--- a/source/libs/catalog/src/catalog.c
+++ b/source/libs/catalog/src/catalog.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,8 @@ int32_t catalogInit(SCatalogCfg *cfg) {
     CTG_ERR_RET(TSDB_CODE_CTG_INVALID_INPUT);
   }
 
+  atomic_store_8(&ctgMgmt.exit, false);
+
   if (cfg) {
     memcpy(&ctgMgmt.cfg, cfg, sizeof(*cfg));
 
diff --git a/source/libs/catalog/test/catalogTests.cpp b/source/libs/catalog/test/catalogTests.cpp
index 1284f1d7d32899868c5469c3ce0e959d5726f6c5..d0f98e3c2ac5b87229ecfdc766fbe66854e5175a 100644
--- a/source/libs/catalog/test/catalogTests.cpp
+++ b/source/libs/catalog/test/catalogTests.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool    ctgTestStop = false;
 bool    ctgTestEnableSleep = false;
 bool    ctgTestDeadLoop = false;
 int32_t ctgTestPrintNum = 200000;
-int32_t ctgTestMTRunSec = 30;
+int32_t ctgTestMTRunSec = 5;
 
 int32_t ctgTestCurrentVgVersion = 0;
 int32_t ctgTestVgVersion = 1;
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ TEST(tableMeta, childTableCase) {
   void            *mockPointer = (void *)0x1;
   SVgroupInfo      vgInfo = {0};
 
+  ctgTestInitLogFile();
+
   ctgTestSetPrepareDbVgroupsAndChildMeta();
 
   initQueryModuleMsgHandle();