diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/run-vtn.sh b/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/run-vtn.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c4c3b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/run-vtn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#if [[ ! -e ./vcpe-observer.py ]]; then
+#    ln -s ../../xos-observer.py vcpe-observer.py
+#fi
+
+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+cp /root/setup/node_key $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/vcpe/node_key
+chmod 0600 $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/vcpe/node_key
+python vcpe-synchronizer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/synchronizers/vcpe/vtn_vcpe_synchronizer_config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/vtn_vcpe_synchronizer_config b/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/vtn_vcpe_synchronizer_config
index 914c64b..e92786b 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/vtn_vcpe_synchronizer_config
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/vtn_vcpe_synchronizer_config
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # set proxy_ssh to false on cloudlab
 full_setup=True
 proxy_ssh=True
-proxy_ssh_key=/tmp/nodekey
+proxy_ssh_key=/opt/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/node_key
 proxy_ssh_user=root
 
 [networking]