diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.cpp
index 0d5b70d55e29bbf7d44fb7b6f987ff4747fca2ed..59b21fc9da436162aff5c3acfbbef5ce01546a89 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.cpp
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-const QString RUN_IMMEDIATELY = "Immediately";
-const QString RUN_IN_BACKGROUND = "In background";
-const QString RUN_SUBMIT_ONLY = "Submit only";
 
 QMap<QString, QString> initializeRunPolicies()
 {
     QMap<QString, QString> result;
-    result[RUN_IMMEDIATELY] = QString("Start simulation immediately, switch to Jobs view automatically when completed");
-    result[RUN_IN_BACKGROUND] = QString("Start simulation immediately, do not switch to Jobs view when completed");
-    result[RUN_SUBMIT_ONLY] = QString("Only submit simulation for consequent execution, has to be started from Jobs view explicitely");
+    result[Constants::JOB_RUN_IMMEDIATELY] =
+        QString("Start simulation immediately, switch to Jobs view automatically when completed");
+    result[Constants::JOB_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND] =
+        QString("Start simulation immediately, do not switch to Jobs view when completed");
+    result[Constants::JOB_RUN_SUBMIT_ONLY] =
+        QString("Only submit simulation for consequent execution,"
+                " has to be started from Jobs view explicitely");
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ JobItem::JobItem(ParameterizedItem *parent)
     registerProperty(P_NTHREADS, -1, PropertyAttribute(PropertyAttribute::HIDDEN));
 
     ComboProperty policy;
-    policy << RUN_IMMEDIATELY <<RUN_IN_BACKGROUND << RUN_SUBMIT_ONLY;
+    policy << Constants::JOB_RUN_IMMEDIATELY
+           << Constants::JOB_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND
+           << Constants::JOB_RUN_SUBMIT_ONLY;
     registerProperty(P_RUN_POLICY, policy.getVariant(), PropertyAttribute(PropertyAttribute::HIDDEN));
 
     addToValidChildren(Constants::IntensityDataType);
@@ -228,14 +231,21 @@ void JobItem::setNumberOfThreads(int number_of_threads)
     setRegisteredProperty(P_NTHREADS, number_of_threads);
 }
 
+void JobItem::setRunPolicy(const QString &run_policy)
+{
+    ComboProperty combo_property = getRegisteredProperty(JobItem::P_RUN_POLICY).value<ComboProperty>();
+    combo_property.setValue(run_policy);
+    setRegisteredProperty(JobItem::P_RUN_POLICY, combo_property.getVariant());
+}
+
 bool JobItem::runImmediately() const
 {
     ComboProperty combo_property = getRegisteredProperty(P_RUN_POLICY).value<ComboProperty>();
-    return combo_property.getValue() == RUN_IMMEDIATELY;
+    return combo_property.getValue() == Constants::JOB_RUN_IMMEDIATELY;
 }
 
 bool JobItem::runInBackground() const
 {
     ComboProperty combo_property = getRegisteredProperty(P_RUN_POLICY).value<ComboProperty>();
-    return combo_property.getValue() == RUN_IN_BACKGROUND;
+    return combo_property.getValue() == Constants::JOB_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND;
 }
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.h b/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.h
index 55bc21f22a9f0f9ba1f7a74b3c2ee59ecad360d4..a55b449519f83cfda72f5ccd3ab4785790ec2424 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/JobItem.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public:
     int getNumberOfThreads() const;
     void setNumberOfThreads(int number_of_threads);
 
+    void setRunPolicy(const QString &run_policy);
+
     static QMap<QString, QString> getRunPolicies() { return m_run_policies; }
 
     bool runImmediately() const;
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/JobModel.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Models/JobModel.cpp
index 71bf3894112229f3d69a5624f221455058df934b..959c01fd61e61844bdad86e5b82020482af5c554 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/JobModel.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/JobModel.cpp
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ JobItem *JobModel::addJob(SampleModel *sampleModel, InstrumentModel *instrumentM
     jobItem->setIdentifier(generateJobIdentifier());
     jobItem->setNumberOfThreads(numberOfThreads);
 
-    ComboProperty combo_property = jobItem->getRegisteredProperty(JobItem::P_RUN_POLICY).value<ComboProperty>();
-    combo_property.setValue(run_policy);
-    jobItem->setRegisteredProperty(JobItem::P_RUN_POLICY, combo_property.getVariant());
+//    ComboProperty combo_property = jobItem->getRegisteredProperty(JobItem::P_RUN_POLICY).value<ComboProperty>();
+//    combo_property.setValue(run_policy);
+//    jobItem->setRegisteredProperty(JobItem::P_RUN_POLICY, combo_property.getVariant());
+    jobItem->setRunPolicy(run_policy);
 
     if(jobItem->runImmediately() || jobItem->runInBackground())
         m_queue_data->runJob(jobItem);
@@ -91,7 +92,9 @@ JobItem *JobModel::addJob(SampleModel *sampleModel, InstrumentModel *instrumentM
 void JobModel::runJob(const QModelIndex &index)
 {
     qDebug() << "NJobModel::runJob(const QModelIndex &index)";
-    m_queue_data->runJob(getJobItemForIndex(index));
+    JobItem *jobItem = getJobItemForIndex(index);
+    jobItem->setRunPolicy(Constants::JOB_RUN_IMMEDIATELY);
+    m_queue_data->runJob(jobItem);
 }
 
 void JobModel::cancelJob(const QModelIndex &index)
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/item_constants.h b/GUI/coregui/Models/item_constants.h
index 1d39918cd330d019f51f76f22c8f419caed1aac1..d5afadaca633243a800ac83f73bb9f2026e2a1ef 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/item_constants.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/item_constants.h
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ const ModelType GRADIENT_HUES = "Hues";
 const ModelType AXIS_FIXED_BINNING = "Fixed";
 const ModelType AXIS_CONSTK_BINNING = "Const KBin";
 
+const ModelType JOB_RUN_IMMEDIATELY = "Immediately";
+const ModelType JOB_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND = "In background";
+const ModelType JOB_RUN_SUBMIT_ONLY = "Submit only";
+
 }