diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ed04bf..8243f05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 .installed.cfg
 lib
 lib64
+nohup.out
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
@@ -73,4 +74,4 @@
 .*.swp
 .*sw?
 .settings/
-.__pycache__/
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/doc/MON_install_guide.rst b/doc/MON_install_guide.rst
index 272e630..2d36040 100644
--- a/doc/MON_install_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/MON_install_guide.rst
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@
 
       ::
 
-          lxc exec MON - python /root/MON/osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer
+          lxc exec MON -- nohup python /root/MON/osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer &
 
 * To enable Aodh alarm notifications to be sent to SO:
 
       ::
 
-          lxc exec MON - python /root/MON/osm_mon/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/notifier.py
+          lxc exec MON - nohup python /root/MON/osm_mon/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/notifier.py &
 
 CloudWatch
 ~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -116,3 +116,9 @@
     ::
 
         lxc exec MON -- service kafka status
+
+* To check the logs of the plugins:
+
+    ::
+
+        lxc exec MON -- tail -f /root/MON_plugins.log
diff --git a/osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer b/osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer
index 7221d0c..de0c4ed 100755
--- a/osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer
+++ b/osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import os
 
 sys.path.append("/root/MON")
-sys.path.append("../../plugins/CloudWatch")
 
 logging.basicConfig(filename='MON_plugins.log',
                     format='%(asctime)s %(message)s',
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@
 from osm_mon.plugins.OpenStack.common import Common
 from osm_mon.plugins.OpenStack.Gnocchi import metrics
 
-from plugin_alarm import plugin_alarms
-from plugin_metric import plugin_metrics
+from osm_mon.plugins.CloudWatch.plugin_alarm import plugin_alarms
+from osm_mon.plugins.CloudWatch.plugin_metric import plugin_metrics
 
 # Initialize servers
 server = {'server': 'localhost:9092'}
diff --git a/osm_mon/plugins/CloudWatch/__init__.py b/osm_mon/plugins/CloudWatch/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osm_mon/plugins/CloudWatch/__init__.py
diff --git a/scripts/install_mon.sh b/scripts/install_mon.sh
index 56c2d5a..bee28a0 100644
--- a/scripts/install_mon.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_mon.sh
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
 lxc exec MON -- git clone https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm/MON.git
 lxc exec MON -- pip install -r /root/MON/requirements.txt
 lxc exec MON -- python /root/MON/kafkad
-lxc exec MON -- . /root/MON/scripts/kafka.sh
-lxc exec MON -- . /root/MON/osm_mon/plugins/vRealiseOps/vROPs_Webservice/install.sh
+lxc exec MON -- /bin/bash /root/MON/scripts/kafka.sh
+lxc exec MON -- /bin/bash /root/MON/osm_mon/plugins/vRealiseOps/vROPs_Webservice/install.sh