diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.C b/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.C
index 990614894a..ae8aed9e05 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.C
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ bool Foam::functionObjectList::start()
 }
 
 
-bool Foam::functionObjectList::execute()
+bool Foam::functionObjectList::execute(bool writeProperties)
 {
     bool ok = true;
 
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ bool Foam::functionObjectList::execute()
     }
 
     // Force writing of properties dictionary after function object execution
-    if (time_.writeTime())
+    if (time_.writeTime() && writeProperties)
     {
         const auto oldPrecision = IOstream::precision_;
         IOstream::precision_ = 16;
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H b/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H
index da9df07527..16ca478ff7 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/functionObjects/functionObjectList/functionObjectList.H
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public:
         //- Called at each ++ or += of the time-loop.
         //  postProcess overrides the usual executeControl behaviour and
         //  forces execution (used in post-processing mode)
-        bool execute();
+        bool execute(bool writeProperties = true);
 
         //- Execute function objects using the specified subIndex.
         //  \param subIndex an execution sub-index corresponding to a
diff --git a/src/optimisation/adjointOptimisation/adjoint/solvers/primalSolvers/incompressible/simple/simple.C b/src/optimisation/adjointOptimisation/adjoint/solvers/primalSolvers/incompressible/simple/simple.C
index 8745f3dd76..d7bab37b8e 100644
--- a/src/optimisation/adjointOptimisation/adjoint/solvers/primalSolvers/incompressible/simple/simple.C
+++ b/src/optimisation/adjointOptimisation/adjoint/solvers/primalSolvers/incompressible/simple/simple.C
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ void Foam::simple::mainIter()
 
 void Foam::simple::postIter()
 {
+    // Execute function objects in optimisation cases
+    // Disabled in Time since we are subsycling
+    if (managerType_ == "steadyOptimisation")
+    {
+        const_cast<Time&>(mesh_.time()).functionObjects().execute(false);
+    }
+
     solverControl_().write();
 
     // Print objective values to screen and compute mean value