diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh b/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh
index 693970d3b67..00daaea69e2 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ mkdir -p $CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH
 mkdir -p $CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH || true
 _CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH=$CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH
 _CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH=$CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH
+_TENSORBOARD_PATH=$TENSORBOARD_PATH
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
 ROOT_DIR=$(realpath $SCRIPT_DIR/../../../)
@@ -130,11 +131,11 @@ for i in $(seq 1 $N_REPEAT); do
     if [[ $i -gt 1 ]]; then
         rm -rf $CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH/*
         rm -rf /tmp/checkpoints/*
-        rm -rf $TENSORBOARD_PATH/*
     fi
 
     # First run never loads from a checkpoint
     export RUN_NUMBER=1
+    export TENSORBOARD_PATH=$_TENSORBOARD_PATH/$i/
     export REPEAT=$i
     export CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH=$_CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH
     export TRAINING_EXIT_CODE=0
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt-gb200.yaml b/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt-gb200.yaml
index 70b89e31a0e..fd3a8b1605c 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt-gb200.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt-gb200.yaml
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ products:
   - test_case: [gpt3_mcore_te_tp1_pp4_vp1_dist_optimizer_overlap_grad_reduce_param_gather_overlap_optimizer]
     products:
       - environment: [dev]
-        scope: [nightly]
+        scope: [mr]
         platforms: [dgx_gb200]