diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ScriptedPlugin.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ScriptedPlugin.scala
index 9bbc7380f..2d79de76b 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ScriptedPlugin.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ScriptedPlugin.scala
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ object ScriptedPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     scriptedClasspath := getJars(ScriptedConf).value,
     scriptedTests := scriptedTestsTask.value,
     scriptedParallelInstances := 1,
-    scriptedBatchExecution := false,
+    scriptedBatchExecution := true,
     scriptedRun := scriptedRunTask.value,
     scriptedDependencies := {
       def use[A](@deprecated("unused", "") x: A*): Unit = () // avoid unused warnings