diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adb8dc4..3edf9a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Change unix permission of start up shell script `start-sample-node-api.sh`, so `
 // on remote
 cd /u/zowe/ibmuser/1.0.0/sample-node-api/scripts
 chmod 755 start-sample-node-api.sh
+chmod 755 restart-sample-node-api.sh
 ```
 
 ### 3) Register a plugin API/ML layer using yml file
diff --git a/scripts/register-sample-api.sh b/scripts/register-sample-api.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0851dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/register-sample-api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# pre-req
+# 1. sample-node-api root should be directly under zowe installation directory eg /u/zowe/ibmuser/1.0.1/sample-node-api/
+# 2. register-sample-api.sh make this executable chmod 755
+
+echo 'register sample api'
+zowe_base_path = '/u/zowe/ibmuser/1.0.1'
+api_defs_path = "$zowe_base_path/api-mediation/api-defs"
+run_zowe_path = "$zowe_base_path/scripts/internal/run-zowe.sh"
+
+if [ -d $api_defs_path ] 
+then 
+    echo "Error: Unable to locate $api_defs_path folder"
+    exit(1)
+fi
+
+if [ -f $run_zowe_path ] 
+then 
+    echo "Error: Unable to locate $run_zowe_path script"
+    exit(1)
+fi
+
+echo 'making scripts start/restart script executable'
+chmod 755 start-sample-node-api.sh
+chmod 755 restart-sample-node-api.sh
+
+echo 'change yaml file from 1047 to 850 format'
+iconv -t IBM-850 -f IBM-1047 sample-node-api.yml > sample-node-api.yml.850
+
+echo 'move yaml file to api-defs folder'
+mv sample-node-api.yml.850 ${api_defs_path}/sample-node-api.yml
+
+echo 'appending sample api startup script to run-zowe.sh'
+
+if ! grep -q 'start-sample-node-api.sh' "$file_path"; then
+`dirname $0`/../../sample-node-api/scripts/start-sample-node-api.sh >> $run_zowe_path
+fi
+
+echo 'done'