diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/start_epc.bash b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/start_epc.bash
index 75d427c33323ad341060deb66eaea70eead56411..04466f6dca7b0c1c12e6b36e1ae869e32c4b0006 100755
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/start_epc.bash
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/start_epc.bash
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 pkill oai_epc
+pkill tshark
 
 if [ -f Makefile ]
 then
@@ -287,9 +288,17 @@ fi
 
 cd $OPENAIRCN_DIR/$OBJ_DIR
 
-ITTI_LOG_FILE=./itti_mme.log
+ITTI_LOG_FILE=./itti_mme.$HOSTNAME.log
 rotate_log_file $ITTI_LOG_FILE
-STDOUT_LOG_FILE=./stdout_mme.log
+
+STDOUT_LOG_FILE=./stdout_mme.$HOSTNAME.log
 rotate_log_file $STDOUT_LOG_FILE
 
+PCAP_LOG_FILE=./tshark_mme.$HOSTNAME.pcap
+rotate_log_file $PCAP_LOG_FILE
+
+
+nohup tshark -i MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S1_MME -w $PCAP_LOG_FILE &
+
+
 gdb --args $OPENAIRCN_DIR/$OBJ_DIR/OAI_EPC/oai_epc -K $ITTI_LOG_FILE -c $THIS_SCRIPT_PATH/$CONFIG_FILE_EPC  2>&1 | tee $STDOUT_LOG_FILE