diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
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+echo 'Starting open refine'
+nohup ./refine -i 192.168.2.121 > open-refine.log 2>&1 &
+echo "open refine started, check log through - tail -f open-refine.log"
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
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+ps -ef | grep refine | awk '{print $2}' | awk 'NR==1' | xargs kill
+echo 'successfully stopped open-refine'