diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 16eae66..345de5f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pycsh_sources = [
 	'src/wrapper/spaceboot_py.c',
 	'src/wrapper/param_list_py.c',
 	'src/wrapper/vmem_client_py.c',
+	'src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.c',
 
 	# Utilities
 	'src/utils.c',
diff --git a/pycsh.pyi b/pycsh.pyi
index ae70f1e..ee868fc 100644
--- a/pycsh.pyi
+++ b/pycsh.pyi
@@ -690,6 +690,19 @@ def sps(from: int, to: int, filename: str, node: int = None, window: int = None,
     :raises ProgramDiffError: See class docstring.
     """
 
+def vm_start(logfile: int = 0, username: str = None, password: str = None, pyargs: dict = None):
+    """Starts victoria metrics thread
+
+    Args:
+        logfile (int, optional): _description_. Defaults to 0.
+        username (str, optional): Username for vm. Defaults to None.
+        password (str, optional): Password for vm. Defaults to None.
+        pyargs (dict, optional): _description_. Defaults to None.
+    """
+
+def vm_stop():
+    """Stops victoria metrics thread"""
+
 def csp_init(host: str = None, model: str = None, revision: str = None, version: int = 2, dedup: int = 3) -> None:
     """
     Initialize CSP
diff --git a/src/csh/victoria_metrics.c b/src/csh/victoria_metrics.c
index a72c7a1..87c1964 100644
--- a/src/csh/victoria_metrics.c
+++ b/src/csh/victoria_metrics.c
@@ -20,28 +20,15 @@
 #include <param/param_queue.h>
 #include <param/param_string.h>
 #include "param_sniffer.h"
+#include "victoria_metrics.h"
 
 static pthread_t vm_push_thread;
 int vm_running = 0;
 
-#define SERVER_PORT      8428
-#define SERVER_PORT_AUTH 8427
-#define BUFFER_SIZE      10 * 1024 * 1024
-
 static char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
 static size_t buffer_size = 0;
 static pthread_mutex_t buffer_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
-typedef struct {
-    int use_ssl;
-    int port;
-    int skip_verify;
-    int verbose;
-    char * username;
-    char * password;
-    char * server_ip;
-} vm_args;
-
 static size_t write_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) {
     return size * nmemb;
 }
diff --git a/src/csh/victoria_metrics.h b/src/csh/victoria_metrics.h
index 9a33098..b8f0630 100644
--- a/src/csh/victoria_metrics.h
+++ b/src/csh/victoria_metrics.h
@@ -10,3 +10,19 @@
 
 void vm_add(char * metric_line);
 void vm_add_param(param_t * param);
+
+#define SERVER_PORT      8428
+#define SERVER_PORT_AUTH 8427
+#define BUFFER_SIZE      10 * 1024 * 1024
+
+typedef struct {
+    int use_ssl;
+    int port;
+    int skip_verify;
+    int verbose;
+    char * username;
+    char * password;
+    char * server_ip;
+} vm_args;
+
+void * vm_push(void * arg);
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diff --git a/src/pycsh.c b/src/pycsh.c
index 055f1e8..5b00a66 100644
--- a/src/pycsh.c
+++ b/src/pycsh.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include "wrapper/csp_init_py.h"
 #include "wrapper/param_list_py.h"
 #include "wrapper/vmem_client_py.h"
+#include "wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.h"
 
 extern const char *version_string;
 
@@ -249,6 +250,10 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
 	{"node", 		pycsh_slash_node, 			  	METH_VARARGS, 				  "Used to get or change the default node."},
 	{"timeout", 	pycsh_slash_timeout, 			METH_VARARGS, 		  		  "Used to get or change the default timeout."},
 	{"queue", 		pycsh_param_cmd,			  	METH_NOARGS, 				  "Print the current command."},
+	
+	/* Victoria Metrics */
+	{"vm_start",    (PyCFunction)pycsh_vm_start,    METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, "Starts the victoria metrics thread."},
+	{"vm_stop",     (PyCFunction)pycsh_vm_stop,     METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, "Stops the victoria metrics thread."},
 
 	/* Converted CSH commands from libparam/src/param/list/param_list_slash.c */
 	{"list", 		(PyCFunction)pycsh_param_list,	METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, "List all known parameters."},
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index c0cca76..19120b7 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "parameter/parameterarray.h"
 #include "parameter/pythonparameter.h"
 #include "parameter/parameterlist.h"
+#include "../src/csh/victoria_metrics.h"
 
 
 /* __attribute__(()) doesn't like to treat char** and void** interchangeably. */
diff --git a/src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.c b/src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f1283c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.c
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * param_list_py.c
+ *
+ * Wrappers for lib/param/src/param/list/param_list_slash.c
+ *
+ */
+
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include <param/param_string.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <csp/csp.h>
+#include "../pycsh.h"
+#include "../utils.h"
+#include "../parameter/parameter.h"
+#include "../parameter/pythonparameter.h"
+#include "../src/csh/victoria_metrics.h"
+
+#include "victoria_metrics_py.h"
+
+static pthread_t vm_push_thread;
+extern int vm_running;
+
+static int pycsh_parse_vm_args(PyObject * args_in, vm_args * args_out) {
+	assert(args_in != NULL);  
+
+    // Get all the values from the python dict. Everything is a string when it comes from python.
+    PyObject * py_use_ssl = PyDict_GetItemString(args_in, "use_ssl");
+    PyObject * py_port = PyDict_GetItemString(args_in, "port");
+    PyObject * py_skip_verify = PyDict_GetItemString(args_in, "skip_verify");
+    PyObject * py_verbose = PyDict_GetItemString(args_in, "verbose");
+    PyObject * py_server_ip = PyDict_GetItemString(args_in, "server_ip");
+    
+    // Check if long characters are larger than INT_MAX since we actually want them to be ints and not longs.
+    // These values are not required, so if the input is NULL we initialize them to 0.
+    long use_ssl;
+    if(py_use_ssl == NULL){
+        use_ssl = 0;
+    } else if (PyLong_Check(py_use_ssl)){
+        use_ssl = PyLong_AsLong(py_use_ssl);
+        if(use_ssl > INT_MAX){
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "use_ssl value greater than INT_MAX");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "TypeError.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    long port;
+    if(py_port == NULL){
+        port = 0;
+    } else if (PyLong_Check(py_port)){
+        port = PyLong_AsLong(py_port);
+        if(port > INT_MAX){
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "port value greater than INT_MAX");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "TypeError.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    long skip_verify;
+    if(py_skip_verify == NULL){
+        skip_verify = 0;
+    } else if (PyLong_Check(py_skip_verify)){
+        skip_verify = PyLong_AsLong(py_skip_verify);
+        if(skip_verify > INT_MAX){
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "skip_verify value greater than INT_MAX");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "TypeError.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    long verbose;
+    if(py_verbose == NULL){
+        verbose = 0;
+    } else if (PyLong_Check(py_verbose)){
+        verbose = PyLong_AsLong(py_verbose);
+        if(verbose > INT_MAX){
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "verbose value greater than INT_MAX");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "TypeError.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+        
+    // Server_ip is required, so we make sure it exists.
+    if(!py_server_ip){
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, "server_ip field missing.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if(!PyUnicode_Check(py_server_ip)){
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "TypeError in field server_ip.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    char * server_ip = strdup(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(py_server_ip));
+
+    // Set values in the vm_args struct.
+    args_out->use_ssl = (int)use_ssl;
+    args_out->port = (int)port;
+    args_out->skip_verify = (int)skip_verify;
+    args_out->verbose = (int)verbose;
+
+    args_out->server_ip = server_ip;
+	    
+	return 0;
+
+}
+
+PyObject * pycsh_vm_start(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds) {
+    if(vm_running){
+        printf("Thread already running.\n");
+        return Py_None;
+    } 
+
+    int logfile = 0;
+    char * tmp_username = NULL;
+    char * tmp_password = NULL;
+    PyObject * pyargs = NULL;
+
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"logfile", "username", "password", "args", NULL};
+    
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|issO", kwlist, &logfile, &tmp_username, &tmp_password, &pyargs)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    vm_args * vmargs = calloc(1, sizeof(vm_args));
+
+    if(pycsh_parse_vm_args(pyargs, vmargs) < 0){
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ConnectionError, "Invalid arguments");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (tmp_username) {
+        if (!tmp_password) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ConnectionError, "Provide password");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        vmargs->username = strdup(tmp_username);
+        vmargs->password = strdup(tmp_password);
+        if (!vmargs->port) {
+            vmargs->port = SERVER_PORT_AUTH;
+        }
+    } else if (!vmargs->port) {
+        vmargs->port = SERVER_PORT;
+    }
+
+    printf("\n%d\n", vmargs->port);
+    pthread_create(&vm_push_thread, NULL, &vm_push, vmargs);
+    vm_running = 1;
+
+    return Py_None;
+
+}
+
+PyObject * pycsh_vm_stop(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds) {
+    if(!vm_running) return Py_None;
+    vm_running = 0;
+    return Py_None;
+}
diff --git a/src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.h b/src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..369b129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wrapper/victoria_metrics_py.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * vm_start_py.c
+ *
+ * Wrappers for lib/param/src/param/list/param_list_slash.c
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include <Python.h>
+
+PyObject * pycsh_vm_start(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds);
+
+PyObject * pycsh_vm_stop(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds);
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