diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b0038a..b05908a 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
  * `son-emu-cli compute list`
 * First terminal:
  * `containernet> vnf1 ping -c 2 vnf2`
-* Second terminal:
- *  `son-emu-cli monitor get_rate -vnf vnf1`
+
 
 ### Run Unit Tests
 * `cd ~/son-emu`
diff --git a/setup_cli_only.py b/setup_cli_only.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 119cf8c..0000000
--- a/setup_cli_only.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-setup(name='emuvim',
-      version='0.0.1',
-      license='Apache 2.0',
-      description='emuvim is a VIM for the SONATA platform',
-      url='http://github.com/sonata-emu',
-      author_email='sonata-dev@sonata-nfv.eu',
-      package_dir={'': 'src'},
-      # packages=find_packages('emuvim', exclude=['*.test', '*.test.*', 'test.*', 'test']),
-      packages=find_packages('src'),
-      install_requires=[
-          'zerorpc',
-          'tabulate',
-          'argparse',
-      ],
-      zip_safe=False,
-      entry_points={
-          'console_scripts': [
-              'son-emu-cli=emuvim.cli.son_emu_cli:main',
-          ],
-      },
-      setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
-      tests_require=['pytest'],
-)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/emuvim/examples/monitoring_demo_topology.py b/src/emuvim/examples/monitoring_demo_topology.py
index 0650be4..9a86534 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/examples/monitoring_demo_topology.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/examples/monitoring_demo_topology.py
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@
        can be executed again and again.
     """
     net.start()
-    net.CLI()
+    #net.CLI()
     # when the user types exit in the CLI, we stop the emulator
-    net.stop()
+    #net.stop()
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
index 26f939f..12cc44d 100755
--- a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
+++ b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# test if a vnf can be monitored and deployed
+# test if a vnf can be deployed and monitored
 
+#start test emulator topology
+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)'
+# monitor a metric
+son-emu-cli monitor setup_metric -vnf vnf1:output --metric tx_packets
+
+sleep 5
+
+# check if metric is monitored as expected
 cpu_load=$(son-emu-cli monitor prometheus -d datacenter1 -vnf vnf1 -q 'sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{id="/docker/<uuid>"}[10s]))')
 
+# stop the monitor
+son-emu-cli monitor stop_metric -vnf vnf1:output --metric tx_packets
+
+#stop the vnf
+son-emu-cli compute stop -d datacenter1 -n vnf1
+
 # test if prometheus query worked
-regex="[0-9.]+, [0-9.']+"
 if [[ $cpu_load =~ $regex ]] ; then
-	echo "OK"
+	echo " cpu monitor test OK"
 	exit 0
 else
 	echo $cpu_load
-	echo "not OK"
+	echo "cpu monitor test not OK"
 	exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh b/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 7e72914..1820515 100755
--- a/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@
 #cp /containernet/util/docker/entrypoint.sh /tmp/x.sh
 #cat /tmp/x.sh | awk 'NR==1{print; print "set -x"} NR!=1' > /conteinernet/util/docker/entrypoint.sh
 
+# this cannot be done from the Dockerfile since we have the socket not mounted during build
+# this image is needed for the monitoring in son-emu
+echo 'Pulling the "google/cadvisor" image ... please wait'
+docker pull 'google/cadvisor'
+
 exec /containernet/util/docker/entrypoint.sh $*