diff --git a/src/mediaServiceSim/serviceSim.py b/src/mediaServiceSim/serviceSim.py
index 4d56b38df524bf350abbcb7d14d5b60d270f8361..3c53d9646094b509d47b4dcc9b8eccb2e29e20c9 100644
--- a/src/mediaServiceSim/serviceSim.py
+++ b/src/mediaServiceSim/serviceSim.py
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ class DemoServer(object):
         self.influxURL = db_url  # InfluxDB connection URL
         self.currentTime = int(round(time.time() * 1000))  # The current time
 
+    def configure(self, server_id, server_location):
+        print("Configuring")
+        self.configure_VM()
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.configure_server(server_id, server_location)
+
     def generate_clients(self):
         self.clients = []
         for i in range(self.clientCount):
@@ -146,21 +152,24 @@ class DemoServer(object):
     def reportStatus(self):
         print('Number of clients: ' + str(len(self.clients)))
 
-    def configure_servers(self):
+    def configure_server(self, server_id, server_location):
         print("Configuring Servers")
         server_conf_block = []
-        ids = ['A', 'B', 'C']
-        locations = ['locA', 'locB', 'locC']
-        for i, id in enumerate(ids):
-            server_conf_block.append(
-                lp._generateServerConfig(id, locations[i], 8, '100G', '1T', self._selectDelay(len(ids))))
+        server_conf_block.append(lp._generateServerConfig(server_id, server_location, 8, '100G', '1T',
+                                                          self._selectDelay(0)))
+
+        #ids = ['A', 'B', 'C']
+        #locations = ['locA', 'locB', 'locC']
+        #for i, id in enumerate(ids):
+        #    server_conf_block.append(
+        #        lp._generateServerConfig(id, locations[i], 8, '100G', '1T', self._selectDelay(len(ids))))
         self._sendInfluxDataBlock(server_conf_block)
 
-    def configure_VMs(self):
+    def configure_VM(self):
         print("Configuring VM nodes")
         VM_conf_block = []
-        self._generateVMS('starting', 10, VM_conf_block)
-        self._generateVMS('running', 10, VM_conf_block)
+        self._generateVMS('starting', 1, VM_conf_block)
+        self._generateVMS('running', 1, VM_conf_block)
 
         self._sendInfluxDataBlock(VM_conf_block)
 
@@ -178,17 +187,12 @@ class DemoServer(object):
 
         self._sendInfluxDataBlock(VM_conf_block)
 
-    def _generateVMS(self, state, amount, datablock):
-        for i in range(0, amount):
-            datablock.append(lp._generateVMConfig(state, 1, '100G', '1T', self._selectDelay(amount)))
-
     def iterateService(self):
         # The simulation will run through 'X' iterations of the simulation
         # each time this method is called. This allows request/response messages to be
         # batched and sent to the InfluxDB in sensible sized blocks
         return self._executeServiceIteration(dc.ITERATION_STRIDE)
 
-    # 'Private' methods ________________________________________________________
     def _executeServiceIteration(self, count):
 
         requestBlock = []
@@ -254,6 +258,11 @@ class DemoServer(object):
 
         return self.simIterations
 
+    # 'Private' methods ________________________________________________________
+    def _generateVMS(self, state, amount, datablock):
+        for i in range(0, amount):
+            datablock.append(lp._generateVMConfig(state, 1, '100G', '1T', self._selectDelay(amount)))
+
     def _cpuUsage(self, clientCount):
         cpuUsage = randint(0, 10)
 
@@ -362,9 +371,7 @@ database_manager.database_up()
 time.sleep(2)
 # configure servers
 demoServer = DemoServer(clients, iterations, 'http://localhost:8186', 'testDB')
-demoServer.reportStatus()
-demoServer.configure_servers()
-demoServer.configure_VMs()
+demoServer.configure("Server1", "Southampton")
 # Start simulation
 print("Starting simulation")
 while True: