rename observer --> synchronizer
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/hpc/run.sh b/xos/synchronizers/hpc/run.sh
index f77d751..9d22047 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizers/hpc/run.sh
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/hpc/run.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-#if [[ ! -e ./hpc-backend.py ]]; then
-#    ln -s ../xos-observer.py hpc-backend.py
-#fi
-
 export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
-python hpc-observer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/observers/hpc/hpc_observer_config
+python hpc-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/hpc/hpc_synchronizer_config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/hpc/start.sh b/xos/synchronizers/hpc/start.sh
index 305c07f..3153a7d 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizers/hpc/start.sh
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/hpc/start.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-#if [[ ! -e ./hpc-backend.py ]]; then
-#    ln -s ../xos-observer.py hpc-backend.py
-#fi
-
 export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
-nohup python hpc-observer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/observers/hpc/hpc_observer_config > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+nohup python hpc-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/hpc/hpc_synchronizer_config > /dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/hpc/stop.sh b/xos/synchronizers/hpc/stop.sh
index a0b4a8e..780e25c 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizers/hpc/stop.sh
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/hpc/stop.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pkill -9 -f hpc-observer.py
+pkill -9 -f hpc-synchronizer.py