diff --git a/tidy3d/web/api/mode.py b/tidy3d/web/api/mode.py
index f08303b52e..fd71e15257 100644
--- a/tidy3d/web/api/mode.py
+++ b/tidy3d/web/api/mode.py
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ def handle_mode_solver(index, progress, pbar):
 
     if verbose:
         console.log(f"[cyan]Running a batch of [deep_pink4]{num_mode_solvers} mode solvers.\n")
+
+        # Create the folder before running the parallel computation and wait one second before running the batch simulation job
+        folder = Folder.create(folder_name=folder_name)
+        import time
+        time.sleep(1)
+
         with Progress(console=console) as progress:
             pbar = progress.add_task("Status:", total=num_mode_solvers)
             results = Parallel(n_jobs=max_workers, backend="threading")(