diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 2faa189..741170b 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { Config, loadConfig, saveConfig } from "./config";
 import { promptUser, resolveTestTargetId } from "./helpers";
 import { runDebugtopus } from "./debugtopus";
 
+import { startPrivateLocationWorker, stopPLW } from "./plw";
+
 const createCommandWithCommonOptions = (command: string): Command => {
   return program
     .command(command)
@@ -244,6 +246,18 @@ export const buildCmd = (): Command => {
     .option("-t, --test-target-id <id>", "Test target ID")
     .action(deleteEnvironment);
 
+
+  program.command("start-private-location")
+    .description("Start a private location worker")
+    .option("-n, --name <name>", "Location name")
+    .option("-u, --username <username>", "Proxy user")
+    .option("-p, --password <password>", "Proxy password")
+    .action(startPrivateLocationWorker);
+
+    program.command("stop-private-location")
+    .description("Stop a private location worker")
+    .action(stopPLW)
+
   createCommandWithCommonOptions("notifications")
     .description("Get notifications for a test target")
     .option("-t, --test-target-id <id>", "Test target ID")
@@ -288,5 +302,6 @@ export const buildCmd = (): Command => {
       command.setOptionValue("testTargetId", resolvedTestTargetId);
       void createDiscovery(options);
     });
+
   return program;
 };
diff --git a/src/plw/index.ts b/src/plw/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcbd2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plw/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
+import { loadConfig } from "../config";
+import { spawn, ChildProcess } from "child_process";
+import { createInterface } from "readline";
+
+interface StreamResult {
+  lines: string[];
+  detached: boolean;
+  code: number | null;
+  signal?: NodeJS.Signals | null;
+}
+
+const spawnAndStreamLines = async (
+  command: string,
+  args: string[] = [],
+  maxLines: number = 20,
+): Promise<StreamResult> => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child: ChildProcess = spawn(command, args, {
+      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      detached: true,
+      shell: true,
+      env: process.env,
+    });
+
+    if (!child.stdout) {
+      reject(new Error("Failed to create stdout pipe"));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const rl = createInterface({
+      input: child.stdout,
+      crlfDelay: Infinity,
+    });
+
+    const lines: string[] = [];
+    let lineCount = 0;
+
+    rl.on("line", (line: string) => {
+      lines.push(line);
+      console.log(`-- ${line}`);
+      lineCount++;
+
+      if (lineCount >= maxLines) {
+        rl.close();
+        child.unref();
+        child.stdout?.destroy();
+        child.stderr?.destroy();
+        resolve({ lines, detached: true, code: null, signal: null });
+      }
+    });
+
+    child.on("error", (error) => {
+      rl.close();
+      reject(error);
+    });
+
+    child.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
+      if (lineCount < maxLines) {
+        console.log(`Process exited with code ${code}, signal ${signal}`);
+      }
+      resolve({ lines, detached: false, code, signal });
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+const checkDockerDaemon = (): Promise<boolean> => {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const child = spawn("docker", ["info"], { stdio: "pipe" });
+
+    child.on("exit", (code) => {
+      resolve(code === 0);
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+const createDockerCommand = (options: {
+  apiKey: string;
+  name?: string;
+  username?: string;
+  password?: string;
+}): string => {
+  return `docker run --rm --name PLW -e PLW_NAME=${options.name} -e PROXY_USER=${options.username} -e PROXY_PASS=${options.password} -e APIKEY=${options.apiKey}  eu.gcr.io/octomind-dev/plw:latest`;
+};
+
+export const startPrivateLocationWorker = async (options: {
+  name?: string;
+  username?: string;
+  password?: string;
+  apikey: string;
+}) => {
+  const name = options.name || "default-plw";
+  const username = options.username || randomUUID().replace(/-/g, "");
+  const password = options.password || randomUUID().replace(/-/g, "");
+
+  const { apiKey } = await loadConfig();
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "API key is required. Please configure it first by running 'octomind init'",
+    );
+  }
+  const command = createDockerCommand({ name, username, password, apiKey });
+
+  if (!(await checkDockerDaemon())) {
+    console.error(
+      "Docker daemon is not running. Please start Docker and try again.",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log(`executing command : '${command}'`);
+  const args = command.split(" ");
+  const result = await spawnAndStreamLines(args[0], args.slice(1), 10);
+  console.log(`Captured ${result.lines.length} lines`);
+  console.log(`Process detached: ${result.detached}`);
+};
+
+export const stopPLW = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  const command = "docker stop PLW";
+  const args = command.split(" ");
+  const result = await spawnAndStreamLines(args[0], args.slice(1), 10);
+  if (result.code === 0) {
+    console.log("Private Location Worker stopped successfully.");
+  } else {
+    console.error(
+      `Failed to stop Private Location Worker. Exit code: ${result.code}`,
+    );
+  }
+};