diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fa732fd5..d2340d41e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ broker/core/test-output/
 tmp/
 /test-output
 /bin
+open-refine.log
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3186cd56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+echo 'Starting open refine'
+read -p "Enter IP Address [Default 127.0.0.1]: " ip
+ip=${ip:-127.0.0.1}
+nohup ./refine -i $ip > open-refine.log 2>&1 &
+echo "Started Open-Refine on" $ip
+echo "open refine started, check log through -> tail -f open-refine.log"
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc6c85e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ps -ef | grep refine | awk '{print $2}' | awk 'NR==1' | xargs kill
+echo 'successfully stopped open-refine'