diff --git a/scripts/deploy.pl b/scripts/deploy.pl
index e4fe9ba..0299869 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.pl
+++ b/scripts/deploy.pl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ my $remote_root       = '/home/lab/smchurla/Documents/failnix';
 my $remote_db_conf    = "$remote_root/db.conf";
 my $remote_builds_dir = "$remote_root/builds";
 my $remote_runner     = "$remote_root/scripts/runner.pl";
+my $remote_log        = "$remote_root/runner.log";
 
 # The mars db is bound to local port 3306 over SSH.
 # - This requires using the configured 'mars'
@@ -111,15 +112,22 @@ foreach (@experiments) {
 }
 
 # Kill old screen session (don't check success as a session might not exist)
-say "Killing previous screen session with name $screen_name";
-$ssh->system( "screen", "-XS", $screen_name, "quit" );
+# say "Killing previous screen session with name $screen_name";
+# $ssh->system( "screen", "-XS", $screen_name, "quit" );
 
 # Start new screen session
-my $invoke_runner = "perl " . shell_quote($remote_runner);
-say
-"Starting new screen session with name $screen_name and command $invoke_runner";
-remote( $ssh, "screen", "-dmS", $screen_name, "sh", "-lc",
-    "exec $invoke_runner" );
+# my $invoke_runner =
+#   "cd " . shell_quote($remote_root) . " && perl " . shell_quote($remote_runner);
+# say
+# "Starting new screen session with name $screen_name and command $invoke_runner";
+# remote( $ssh, "screen", "-dmS", $screen_name, "sh", "-lc",
+#     "exec $invoke_runner" );
+
+remote( $ssh,
+        "nohup sh -c "
+      . shell_quote("cd $remote_root && perl $remote_runner") . " >"
+      . shell_quote($remote_log)
+      . " 2>&1 < /dev/null &" );
 
 say "Started remote runner for ", scalar(@experiments), " experiments";