diff --git a/kill.sh b/kill.sh
index 159505a..30c72a6 100644
--- a/kill.sh
+++ b/kill.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Kill all the scripts:
 echo "Killing the script."
 pkill -9 -f "$(pwd)/api/main.py"
+pkill -9 -f "$(pwd)/playground/socketio/from_kafka.py" &
 
 # Get the name of the current directory,
 # and kill the monitors of the above scripts:
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 702cf79..de3b5fa 100644
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Use this to run the microservice without any docker setup.
 source .venv/bin/activate
 python3 "$(pwd)/api/main.py" --host "0.0.0.0" --port 5106 --workers 4 --script-id "kps_cnv_KBC3MoaU" &
+python3 "$(pwd)/playground/socketio/from_kafka.py" &
 deactivate
 
 # All done: