diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7ba18c6..9b0a36f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"oc-schedulerd/conf"
 	"oc-schedulerd/daemons"
+	"os"
 
 	oclib "cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib"
 )
 
 func main() {
-
 	oclib.InitDaemon("oc-schedulerd")
+	l := oclib.GetLogger()
 	o := oclib.GetConfLoader()
 
 	c := oclib.SetConfig(
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ func main() {
 		o.GetStringDefault("LOKI_URL", ""),
 		o.GetStringDefault("LOG_LEVEL", "info"),
 	)
+
 	conf.GetConfig().DBName = c.MongoDatabase
 	conf.GetConfig().MongoUrl = c.MongoUrl
 	conf.GetConfig().NatsUrl = c.NATSUrl
@@ -32,6 +34,22 @@ func main() {
 	conf.GetConfig().KubeCert = o.GetStringDefault("KUBE_CERT", "")
 	conf.GetConfig().KubeData = o.GetStringDefault("KUBE_DATA", "")
 
+	// Test if oc-monitor binary is reachable
+	// For local executions
+	if _, err := os.Stat("../oc-monitord/oc-monitord"); err == nil {
+		conf.GetConfig().MonitorPath = "../oc-monitord/oc-monitord"
+	}
+	// For container executions
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/usr/bin/oc-monitord"); conf.GetConfig().MonitorPath == "" && err == nil {
+		conf.GetConfig().MonitorPath = "/usr/bin/oc-monitord"
+	}
+
+	if conf.GetConfig().MonitorPath == "" {
+		l.Fatal().Msg("Could not find oc-monitord binary")
+	}
+
+	l.Info().Msg("oc-monitord binary at " + conf.GetConfig().MonitorPath )
+
 	sch_mngr := daemons.ScheduleManager{Logger: oclib.GetLogger()}
 	exe_mngr := daemons.ExecutionManager{}