diff --git a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest
index f27f458..9469121 100644
--- a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest
+++ b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 steps/roles/create_index/templates/index.html.j2
 steps/roles/create_index/tasks/main.yml
 steps/exampletenant_playbook.yaml
+run.sh~
 exampleservice-synchronizer.py
 model-deps
+run.sh
 exampleservice_config
diff --git a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/run.sh b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dcbde4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+python exampleservice-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/exampleservice/exampleservice_synchronizer_config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/onboarding/run.sh b/xos/synchronizers/onboarding/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d52d39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/onboarding/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+python onboarding-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/onboarding/onboarding_synchronizer_config