diff --git a/src/tests/ryu-openflow/Mininet.Dockerfile b/src/tests/ryu-openflow/Mininet.Dockerfile
index 0a829bb49ca65a992f1dad52d332644e71ee47d0..4b6bee010a68725367c22d92239fc85e08823eee 100644
--- a/src/tests/ryu-openflow/Mininet.Dockerfile
+++ b/src/tests/ryu-openflow/Mininet.Dockerfile
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 
 COPY src/tests/ryu-openflow/custom_pentagon_topology.py /opt/custom_pentagon_topology.py
 
-CMD ["python3", "/opt/custom_pentagon_topology.py"]
+CMD sh -c "/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl start && python3 /opt/custom_pentagon_topology.py"
+
+
+#CMD ["python3", "/opt/custom_pentagon_topology.py"]