diff --git a/utils/ci/stop_sdk_monitor.sh b/utils/ci/stop_sdk_monitor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b162f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/ci/stop_sdk_monitor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# stop the monitor
+son-emu-cli monitor stop_metric -vnf vnf1:output --metric tx_packets
+
+sleep 1
+
+#stop the vnf
+son-emu-cli compute-zapi stop -d datacenter1 -n vnf1
+
+
diff --git a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
index 51e5e7a..3c88176 100755
--- a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
+++ b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #python src/emuvim/examples/monitoring_demo_topology.py &
 
 # start a vnf
-son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter1 -n vnf1  --net '(id=input,ip=10.0.10.3/24),(id=output,ip=10.0.10.4/24)'
+son-emu-cli compute-zapi start -d datacenter1 -n vnf1  --net '(id=input,ip=10.0.10.3/24),(id=output,ip=10.0.10.4/24)'
 
 sleep 1
 
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 
 sleep 1
 
-# stop the monitor
-son-emu-cli monitor stop_metric -vnf vnf1:output --metric tx_packets
-
-sleep 1
-
-#stop the vnf
-son-emu-cli compute stop -d datacenter1 -n vnf1
 
 # test if prometheus query worked
 echo $cpu_load