diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/README-VTN.md b/xos/configurations/cord/README-VTN.md
index b8a28c1..9827b0e 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/README-VTN.md
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/README-VTN.md
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@
 
 Notes:
 * Adding use_vtn=True to the [networking] section in the XOS config file has two effects: 1) it sets the gateway in sync_controller_networks, and 2) it disables automatic creation of nat-net for new slices. This is because VTN will fail if there is no gateway on a network, and because we don't have nat-net under the VTN configuration.
+* When using of-vfctl to look at flow rules, if you get a protocol error, try "ovs-ofctl show -O OpenFlow13 br-int "
diff --git a/xos/observers/monitoring_channel/monitoring_channel_observer_config b/xos/observers/monitoring_channel/monitoring_channel_observer_config
index 922a019..5657e1d 100644
--- a/xos/observers/monitoring_channel/monitoring_channel_observer_config
+++ b/xos/observers/monitoring_channel/monitoring_channel_observer_config
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 pretend=False
 backoff_disabled=True
 save_ansible_output=True
-proxy_ssh=True
+# set proxy_ssh to false on cloudlab
+proxy_ssh=False
 full_setup=True
 
 [feefie]
diff --git a/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config b/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
index afd1501..d2c9239 100644
--- a/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
+++ b/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 pretend=False
 backoff_disabled=True
 save_ansible_output=True
-proxy_ssh=True
+# set proxy_ssh to false on cloudlab
+proxy_ssh=False
 full_setup=True
 
 [feefie]