diff --git a/src/utils/agents/actor.py b/src/utils/agents/actor.py
index 9359ff0..3e7c58f 100644
--- a/src/utils/agents/actor.py
+++ b/src/utils/agents/actor.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from threading import Thread
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+
 from monitor import ProcessCounter
 from utils.transport import QueueListener, QueueWriter, QueueReader
 from utils.params import PARAMS
@@ -39,13 +40,14 @@ class Actor():
             print e
         return o
     def __init__(self):        
+        """
+            Initializing the class with configuration. The configuration will be specific to each subclass
+            @param args arguments the class needs to be configured
+        """
+        
         pass
     def getIdentifier(self):
         return self.__class__.__name__.lower()
-    """
-        Initializing the class with configuration. The configuration will be specific to each subclass
-        @param args arguments the class needs to be configured
-    """
     def init(self,args):
         self.config = args
         
@@ -57,23 +59,18 @@ class Actor():
     def execute(self,cmd):
         stream = None
         try:
-            subprocess.call (cmd,shell=False)
+            # subprocess.call (cmd,shell=False)
+            out = subprocess.Popen(cmd,stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            print out
             #stream = handler.communicate()[0]
         except Exception,e:
-            pass
-        
-    # def run(self):
-    #     if self.item is not None:
-    #         self.process(self.item)
-    """
-        Sending a message to a queue with parameters to,from,content
-    """
-    def post(self,**args):
+            pass      
+    def post(self,**args):    
         pass
 class Apps(Actor) :
     """
-        This class is designed to handle application, restart, if need be.
-        conf{app-name:{args}}
+    This class is designed to handle application, restart, if need be.
+    conf{app-name:{args}}
     """
     def __init__(self):
         Actor.__init__(self)
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ class Apps(Actor) :
         app = items[0]
         args = self.config[app]
         
-        cmd = " ".join([app,args,"&"])        
+        cmd = " ".join([app,args,"&"    ])        
         self.execute([app,args])
         print [app,args]
         
@@ -115,9 +112,10 @@ class Apps(Actor) :
             kill processes given the name, The function will not be case sensitive and partial names are accepted
             @NOTE: Make sure the reference to the app is not ambiguous
         """
-        args = "".join(["ps -eo pid,command|grep -E -i ",name.lower(),'|grep -E "^ {0,}[0-9]+" -o -m 1|xargs kill -9'])        
-        self.execute([args ])
-        print args
+        args = "".join(['ps -eo pid,command|grep -E -i "',name.lower(),'"|grep -E "^ {0,}[0-9]+" -o|xargs kill -9'])        
+        #self.execute([args])
+        subprocess.call([args],shell=True)
+        
     def analyze(self,logs) :
         """
             This function is designed to analyze a few logs and take appropriate action