diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index 72ac3ab..89fc23f 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -14534,6 +14534,7 @@ run_mass_testing() {
                "$first" || fileout_separator                         # this is needed for appended output, see #687
                first=false
                cat "$TEMPDIR/jsonfile_child.json" >> "$JSONFILE"
+               FIRST_FINDING=false
           fi
      done < "${FNAME}"
      return $?
@@ -14555,6 +14556,7 @@ get_next_message_testing_parallel_result() {
                # produced some JSON output.
                "$FIRST_JSON_OUTPUT" || fileout_separator                     # this is needed for appended output, see #687
                FIRST_JSON_OUTPUT=false
+               FIRST_FINDING=false
                cat "$TEMPDIR/jsonfile_$(printf "%08d" $NEXT_PARALLEL_TEST_TO_FINISH).json" >> "$JSONFILE"
           fi
           "$CSVHEADER" && cat "$TEMPDIR/csvfile_$(printf "%08d" $NEXT_PARALLEL_TEST_TO_FINISH).csv" >> "$CSVFILE"