avoid the symlink
diff --git a/xos/observers/vbng/run.sh b/xos/observers/vbng/run.sh
index 7829ac0..efb586f 100755
--- a/xos/observers/vbng/run.sh
+++ b/xos/observers/vbng/run.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-if [[ ! -e ./vbng-observer.py ]]; then
- ln -s ../../xos-observer.py vbng-observer.py
-fi
+#if [[ ! -e ./vbng-observer.py ]]; then
+# ln -s ../../xos-observer.py vbng-observer.py
+#fi
export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
python vbng-observer.py -C $XOS_DIR/observers/vbng/vbng_observer_config
diff --git a/xos/observers/vbng/start.sh b/xos/observers/vbng/start.sh
index 5ceff27..98008f4 100755
--- a/xos/observers/vbng/start.sh
+++ b/xos/observers/vbng/start.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-if [[ ! -e ./vbng-observer.py ]]; then
- ln -s ../../xos-observer.py vbng-observer.py
-fi
+#if [[ ! -e ./vbng-observer.py ]]; then
+# ln -s ../../xos-observer.py vbng-observer.py
+#fi
export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
nohup python vbng-observer.py -C $XOS_DIR/observers/vbng/vbng_observer_config > /dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/xos/observers/vbng/vbng-observer.py b/xos/observers/vbng/vbng-observer.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d6a71ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/observers/vbng/vbng-observer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This imports and runs ../../xos-observer.py
+
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+observer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),"../..")
+sys.path.append(observer_path)
+mod = importlib.import_module("xos-observer")
+mod.main()