diff --git a/backend/src/catalog/mod.rs b/backend/src/catalog/mod.rs
index cc2c216..fbb34fb 100644
--- a/backend/src/catalog/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/src/catalog/mod.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ pub struct ExecValidateScriptRequest {
     payload: serde_json::Value,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Clone)]
 pub struct JobOutputResult {
     pub one_liner_command: String,
     pub output: serde_json::Value,
+    pub execution_time_in_millis: u128,
 }
 
 fn find_catalog_by_slug<'a>(catalogs: &'a Vec<CatalogYamlConfig>, catalog_slug: &str) -> Option<&'a CatalogYamlConfig> {
@@ -43,15 +44,17 @@ fn find_catalog_service_by_slug<'a>(catalog: &'a CatalogYamlConfig, service_slug
 }
 
 /// Extract the job output from the environment variable TORII_JSON_OUTPUT and reset it to an empty JSON object
-fn consume_job_output_result_from_json_output_env(service_slug: &str) -> JobOutputResult {
+fn consume_job_output_result_from_json_output_env(service_slug: &str, execution_time: u128) -> JobOutputResult {
     let job_output_result = match std::env::var("TORII_JSON_OUTPUT") {
         Ok(json_output) => JobOutputResult {
             one_liner_command: service_slug.to_string(),
             output: serde_json::from_str(json_output.as_str()).unwrap_or(serde_json::json!({})),
+            execution_time_in_millis: execution_time,
         },
         Err(_) => JobOutputResult {
             one_liner_command: service_slug.to_string(),
             output: serde_json::json!({}),
+            execution_time_in_millis: execution_time,
         }
     };
 
@@ -118,6 +121,9 @@ async fn execute_command<T>(
 
     cmd.arg(json_payload);
 
+    // start execution timer
+    let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+
     let mut child = match cmd.spawn() {
         Ok(child) => child,
         Err(err) => return Err(format!("Validate script '{}' failed: {}", &cmd_one_line, err))
@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ async fn execute_command<T>(
 
     // TODO parse output.stdout and output.stderr and forward to the frontend
 
-    Ok(consume_job_output_result_from_json_output_env(cmd_one_line.as_str()))
+    Ok(consume_job_output_result_from_json_output_env(cmd_one_line.as_str(), start.elapsed().as_millis()))
 }
 
 fn get_catalog_and_service<'a>(
diff --git a/backend/src/catalog/services.rs b/backend/src/catalog/services.rs
index 982ea14..c58e50f 100644
--- a/backend/src/catalog/services.rs
+++ b/backend/src/catalog/services.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use sqlx::{Pool, Postgres};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
 use tracing::error;
 
-use crate::catalog::{execute_command, ExecValidateScriptRequest};
+use crate::catalog::{execute_command, ExecValidateScriptRequest, JobOutputResult};
 use crate::database::{Status, update_catalog_execution_status};
 use crate::yaml_config::{CatalogServicePostValidateYamlConfig, CatalogServiceYamlConfig};
 
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ pub struct TasksPayload {
 pub struct TaskPayload {
     status: Status,
     message: Option<String>,
-    post_validate: CatalogServicePostValidateYamlConfig,
+    post_validate_input: CatalogServicePostValidateYamlConfig,
+    post_validate_output: Option<JobOutputResult>,
 }
 
 pub async fn background_worker(mut rx: Receiver<BackgroundWorkerTask>, pg_pool: Arc<Pool<Postgres>>) {
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ pub async fn background_worker(mut rx: Receiver<BackgroundWorkerTask>, pg_pool:
             continue;
         }
 
-        // TODO pass output from post_validate script to next post_validate script
         let mut tasks_payload = TasksPayload { tasks: vec![] };
 
         for cmd in task.catalog_service_yaml_config.post_validate.as_ref().unwrap_or(&vec![]) {
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ pub async fn background_worker(mut rx: Receiver<BackgroundWorkerTask>, pg_pool:
                     let task_payload = TaskPayload {
                         status: Status::Failure,
                         message: Some(err.to_string()),
-                        post_validate: cmd.clone(),
+                        post_validate_input: cmd.clone(),
+                        post_validate_output: None,
                     };
 
                     let _ = tasks_payload.tasks.push(task_payload);
@@ -82,10 +83,13 @@ pub async fn background_worker(mut rx: Receiver<BackgroundWorkerTask>, pg_pool:
                 }
             };
 
+            // TODO pass output to next command
+
             let task_payload = TaskPayload {
                 status: Status::Success,
                 message: None,
-                post_validate: cmd.clone(),
+                post_validate_input: cmd.clone(),
+                post_validate_output: Some(job_output_result),
             };
 
             let _ = tasks_payload.tasks.push(task_payload);