diff --git a/ansible/install_setup.yml b/ansible/install_setup.yml
index ba46ecfab..71aee0624 100644
--- a/ansible/install_setup.yml
+++ b/ansible/install_setup.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       become: true
       apt:
         name: build-essential
+        update_cache: yes
 
     - name: Installation of make
       become: true
diff --git a/ansible/start.sh b/ansible/start.sh
index dfee44e55..40177e53a 100644
--- a/ansible/start.sh
+++ b/ansible/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+source ~/.bashrc
+~/anaconda3/bin/activate $1
 csle stop clustermanager
 sleep 2
 csle start clustermanager
diff --git a/ansible/start.yml b/ansible/start.yml
index ce839024c..dffc36303 100644
--- a/ansible/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/start.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,20 @@
 
   tasks:
 
-    - name: Start services
-      script: ./start.sh
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+    - name: Restart postgres
+      become: true
+      service:
+        name: postgresql
+        state: restarted
+
+    - name: Change permissions on start script
+      become: true
+      command: sudo chmod -R u+rwx "/home/{{ user }}/csle/ansible/start.sh"
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Execute script
+      command: "python /home/{{ user }}/csle/ansible/start_services.py {{ leader_ip }} {{ user }} {{ conda_environment_name }}"
+      register: script_output
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/start_services.py b/ansible/start_services.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f1c5104c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/start_services.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import paramiko
+import time
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ip = sys.argv[1]
+    user = sys.argv[2]
+    conda_env = sys.argv[3]
+    ssh_client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+    ssh_client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+    ssh_client.connect(hostname=ip, port=22, username=user)
+    stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh_client.exec_command(f"bash -ic 'nohup ~/csle/ansible/start.sh {conda_env} &'", get_pty=True)
+    time.sleep(120)
diff --git a/simulation-system/libs/csle-common/src/csle_common/controllers/traffic_controller.py b/simulation-system/libs/csle-common/src/csle_common/controllers/traffic_controller.py
index 169ae18ca..a73dbb316 100644
--- a/simulation-system/libs/csle-common/src/csle_common/controllers/traffic_controller.py
+++ b/simulation-system/libs/csle-common/src/csle_common/controllers/traffic_controller.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def start_client_manager(emulation_env_config: EmulationEnvConfig, logger: loggi
             )
             o, e, _ = EmulationUtil.execute_ssh_cmd(cmd=cmd, conn=emulation_env_config.get_connection(
                 ip=emulation_env_config.traffic_config.client_population_config.docker_gw_bridge_ip))
-            time.sleep(2)
+            time.sleep(5)
             return True
         return False