diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/manifest b/xos/synchronizer/manifest
index 8aea7f7..c2a8545 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/manifest
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 manifest
 model-deps
+run.sh
 steps/sync_vmmetenant.py
 steps/vmmetenant_playbook.yaml
+stop.sh
 vmmeservice-synchronizer.py
 vmmeservice_config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/run.sh b/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62a21eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Runs the XOS observer using vmmeservice_config
+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+python vmme-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/vmme/vmme_config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/stop.sh b/xos/synchronizer/stop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..489997e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Kill the observer
+pkill -9 -f vmme-synchronizer.py