diff --git a/ci-scripts/ran.py b/ci-scripts/ran.py
index 43ae3bf5c0..79609c78f4 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/ran.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/ran.py
@@ -483,12 +483,13 @@ class RANManagement():
 
 		#stats monitoring during runtime
 		time.sleep(20)
-		monitor_file='stats_monitor.py'
+		monitor_file='../ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py'
+		conf_file='../ci-scripts/stats_monitor_conf.yaml'
 		if self.eNB_Stats=='yes':
 			if (self.air_interface[self.eNB_instance] == 'lte-softmodem') or (self.air_interface[self.eNB_instance] == 'ocp-enb'):
-				mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup python3 ../ci-scripts/' + monitor_file + ' enb 2>&1 > enb_stats_monitor_execution.log &', '\$', 5)
+				mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup python3 ' + monitor_file + ' ' + conf_file + ' enb 2>&1 > enb_stats_monitor_execution.log &', '\$', 5)
 			else:
-				mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup python3 ../ci-scripts/' + monitor_file + ' gnb 2>&1 > gnb_stats_monitor_execution.log &', '\$', 5)
+				mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup python3 ' + monitor_file + ' ' + conf_file + ' gnb 2>&1 > gnb_stats_monitor_execution.log &', '\$', 5)
 
 
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py b/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py
index 83de20f5d2..877194de59 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import yaml
 
 
 class StatMonitor():
-    def __init__(self,):
-        with open('stats_monitor_conf.yaml','r') as file:
+    def __init__(self,cfg_file):
+        with open(cfg_file,'r') as file:
             self.d = yaml.load(file)
         for node in self.d:
             for metric in self.d[node]:
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ class StatMonitor():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    node = sys.argv[1]#enb or gnb
-    mon=StatMonitor()
+    cfg_filename = sys.argv[1] #yaml file as metrics config
+    node = sys.argv[2]#enb or gnb
+    mon=StatMonitor(cfg_filename)
 
     #collecting stats when modem process is stopped
     CMD='ps aux | grep mode | grep -v grep'
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml
index ae5f11c975..03dea36607 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
 
 	<testCase id="070001">
 		<class>Iperf</class>
-		<desc>iperf (UL/1Mbps/UDP)(60 sec)(single-ue profile)</desc>
-		<iperf_args>-u -b 1M -t 60</iperf_args>
+		<desc>iperf (UL/1Mbps/UDP)(20 sec)(single-ue profile)</desc>
+		<iperf_args>-u -b 1M -t 20</iperf_args>
 		<direction>UL</direction>
 		<id>nrmodule2_quectel</id>
 		<iperf_packetloss_threshold>5</iperf_packetloss_threshold>