diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/manifest b/xos/synchronizer/manifest
index 551c87b..04700fd 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/manifest
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 model-deps
 manifest
+run.sh
+stop.sh
 vsgw-synchronizer.py
 vsgw_config
 steps/sync_vsgw.py
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/run.sh b/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d64fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Runs the XOS observer using vsgw_config
+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+python vsgw-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/vsgw/vsgw_config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/stop.sh b/xos/synchronizer/stop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4444370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Kill the observer
+pkill -9 -f vsgw-synchronizer.py