diff --git a/vgpu-manager/rhel8/nvidia-driver b/vgpu-manager/rhel8/nvidia-driver
index 2ae7ffaa..c3d7f03b 100755
--- a/vgpu-manager/rhel8/nvidia-driver
+++ b/vgpu-manager/rhel8/nvidia-driver
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _install_driver() {
 
 # Currently _install_driver() takes care of loading nvidia modules. Just need to start necessary vgpu daemons
 _load_driver() {
-    /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpud &
+    /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpud
     /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpu-mgr &
 
     # check nvidia drivers are loaded
diff --git a/vgpu-manager/ubuntu20.04/nvidia-driver b/vgpu-manager/ubuntu20.04/nvidia-driver
index 54cc9916..333b7a48 100755
--- a/vgpu-manager/ubuntu20.04/nvidia-driver
+++ b/vgpu-manager/ubuntu20.04/nvidia-driver
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ _install_driver() {
 
 # Currently _install_driver() takes care of loading nvidia modules. Just need to start necessary vgpu daemons
 _load_driver() {
-    /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpud &
+    /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpud
     /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpu-mgr &
 
     # check nvidia drivers are loaded
diff --git a/vgpu-manager/ubuntu22.04/nvidia-driver b/vgpu-manager/ubuntu22.04/nvidia-driver
index 32ffe9cf..48f7dd49 100755
--- a/vgpu-manager/ubuntu22.04/nvidia-driver
+++ b/vgpu-manager/ubuntu22.04/nvidia-driver
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ _create_dev_char_directory() {
 
 # Currently _install_driver() takes care of loading nvidia modules. Just need to start necessary vgpu daemons
 _load_driver() {
-    /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpud &
+    /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpud
     /usr/bin/nvidia-vgpu-mgr &
 
     # check nvidia drivers are loaded