diff --git a/FitNesseRoot/FitNesse/ReleaseNotes/content.txt b/FitNesseRoot/FitNesse/ReleaseNotes/content.txt
index 5493e4804..9555e399a 100644
--- a/FitNesseRoot/FitNesse/ReleaseNotes/content.txt
+++ b/FitNesseRoot/FitNesse/ReleaseNotes/content.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 !2 Pending Changes
  * Fix SLF4J logging ([[1522][https://github.com/unclebob/fitnesse/pull/1522]])
+ * Fix Ignore exception issue whereby it still executes every statement in the script table even though it will ignore the result
 
 !2 20240707
  * Allow usage of JDK > 18 ([[1513][https://github.com/unclebob/fitnesse/pull/1513]]).
diff --git a/src/fitnesse/slim/StatementExecutor.java b/src/fitnesse/slim/StatementExecutor.java
index f9a4ab8b3..08279dc83 100644
--- a/src/fitnesse/slim/StatementExecutor.java
+++ b/src/fitnesse/slim/StatementExecutor.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ private void checkForPatternOfFixturesHandlingSymbols(String symbolName){
 
 
   private void checkExceptionForStop(Throwable exception) {
-    if (isStopTestException(exception) || isStopSuiteException(exception)) {
+    if (isStopTestException(exception) || isStopSuiteException(exception) || isIgnoreAllTestsException(exception) || isIgnoreScriptTestException(exception)) {
       stopRequested = true;
     }
   }