diff --git a/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml
index 89280d5ea..a2e4e1ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
         echo "Test exclusion list REST API methods"
         sleep 10
         pytest -s $PDRPATH/tests/exclude_list_rest_api_tests.py --cov=$PDRPATH
-        echo "Terminating standalone PDR process"
         sudo bash $PDRPATH/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
 
     - name: Run full simulation test
@@ -50,5 +49,4 @@ jobs:
         sudo bash $PDRPATH/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
         echo "Starting simulated test"
         python $PDRPATH/tests/simulation_telemetry.py
-        echo "Terminating standalone PDR process"
         sudo bash $PDRPATH/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
diff --git a/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh b/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
index 01beeda33..ac86faefe 100644
--- a/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
+++ b/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ sed -i -e 's/INTERVAL=300/INTERVAL=10/g' "$CONFIG_FILE"
 sed -i -e 's/CONFIGURED_TEMP_CHECK=False/CONFIGURED_TEMP_CHECK=True/g' "$CONFIG_FILE"
 sed -i -e 's/DEISOLATE_CONSIDER_TIME=5/DEISOLATE_CONSIDER_TIME=1/g' "$CONFIG_FILE"
 
-terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
+$PLUGIN_DIR/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
 echo "Starting standalone PDR process"
 python $PLUGIN_DIR/ufm_sim_web_service/isolation_algo.py >/dev/null 2>&1 &