diff --git a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
index 26f939f..370ca80 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