diff --git a/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h b/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h
index 6babde09..712fd706 100644
--- a/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h
+++ b/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h
@@ -69,6 +69,51 @@ inline int runStateMachine(TMQDevice& device, FairMQProgOptions& config)
     return 0;
 }
 
+template<typename TMQDevice>
+inline int runNonInteractiveStateMachine(TMQDevice& device, FairMQProgOptions& config)
+{
+    device.CatchSignals();
+    std::string jsonfile = config.GetValue<std::string>("config-json-file");
+    std::string id = config.GetValue<std::string>("id");
+    int ioThreads = config.GetValue<int>("io-threads");
+
+    config.UserParser<FairMQParser::JSON>(jsonfile, id);
+
+    device.fChannels = config.GetFairMQMap();
+
+    device.SetProperty(TMQDevice::Id, id);
+    device.SetProperty(TMQDevice::NumIoThreads, ioThreads);
+
+    LOG(INFO) << "PID: " << getpid();
+
+#ifdef NANOMSG
+    FairMQTransportFactory* transportFactory = new FairMQTransportFactoryNN();
+#else
+    FairMQTransportFactory* transportFactory = new FairMQTransportFactoryZMQ();
+#endif
+
+    device.SetTransport(transportFactory);
+
+    device.ChangeState(TMQDevice::INIT_DEVICE);
+    device.WaitForEndOfState(TMQDevice::INIT_DEVICE);
+
+    device.ChangeState(TMQDevice::INIT_TASK);
+    device.WaitForEndOfState(TMQDevice::INIT_TASK);
+
+    device.ChangeState(TMQDevice::RUN);
+    device.WaitForEndOfState(TMQDevice::RUN);
+
+    device.ChangeState(TMQDevice::RESET_TASK);
+    device.WaitForEndOfState(TMQDevice::RESET_TASK);
+
+    device.ChangeState(TMQDevice::RESET_DEVICE);
+    device.WaitForEndOfState(TMQDevice::RESET_DEVICE);
+
+    device.ChangeState(TMQDevice::END);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 
 #endif /* RUNSIMPLEMQSTATEMACHINE_H */