diff --git a/test_localhop/hostB.sh b/test_localhop/hostB.sh
index 03710e8..f513915 100755
--- a/test_localhop/hostB.sh
+++ b/test_localhop/hostB.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 workdir=$1
 c_ipaddr=$2
-sudo nfd > $workdir/logs/nfd.log 2>&1 &
+sudo nfd &> $workdir/logs/nfd.log &
+sleep 3
+nrd &> $workdir/logs/nrd.log &
 sleep 3
 faceid=$(nfdc create udp4://$c_ipaddr | grep -Po 'FaceId: .*?,' | sed 's/FaceId: //' | sed 's/,//')
 nfdc add-nexthop ndn:/localhop $faceid
diff --git a/test_localhop/localhop-test.sh b/test_localhop/localhop-test.sh
index 15bcbd3..2289722 100755
--- a/test_localhop/localhop-test.sh
+++ b/test_localhop/localhop-test.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 ssh $CTRL_C "mkdir -p $workdir/logs;\
     sudo nfd > $workdir/logs/nfd.log 2>&1 &\
     sleep 3;\
+    nrd > $workdir/logs/nrd.log 2>&1 &\
+    sleep 3;\
     ndn-traffic-server $workdir/NDNTrafficServer.conf > $workdir/logs/server.log 2>&1 &"
 
 # start nfd and add nexthop of ndn:/localhop to C on host B
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@
 echo "starting nfd and adding nexthop of ndn:/localhop to B on host A..."
 sudo nfd > logs/nfd.log 2>&1 &
 sleep 3
+nrd > logs/nrd.log 2>&1 &
+sleep 3
 faceid=$(nfdc create udp4://$b_ipaddr | grep -Po 'FaceId: .*?,' | sed 's/FaceId: //' | sed 's/,//')
 nfdc add-nexthop ndn:/localhop $faceid
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]