diff --git a/pkg/perf/monitor.go b/pkg/perf/monitor.go
index 9afe28f28..a4af8efb1 100644
--- a/pkg/perf/monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/perf/monitor.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // PerformanceMonitor holds the module data
 type PerformanceMonitor struct {
 	scheduler *gocron.Scheduler
-	pool      redis.Pool
+	pool      *redis.Pool
 	tasks     []Task
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func NewPerformanceMonitor(redisAddr string) (*PerformanceMonitor, error) {
 
 	return &PerformanceMonitor{
 		scheduler: scheduler,
-		pool:      *redisPool,
+		pool:      redisPool,
 		tasks:     []Task{},
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/perf/tcp_task.go b/pkg/perf/tcp_task.go
index dad78b233..144314ff8 100644
--- a/pkg/perf/tcp_task.go
+++ b/pkg/perf/tcp_task.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package perf
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg/network/iperf"
 )
 
@@ -28,10 +30,21 @@ func (t *TCPTask) Cron() string {
 
 // Run runs the tcp test and returns the result
 func (t *TCPTask) Run(ctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
-	output, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("iperf3 -c %s -p %d -b %s", t.ClientIP, iperf.IperfPort, t.Bandwidth)).Output()
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("iperf")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return output, nil
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "iperf", fmt.Sprintf("-c %s -p %d -b %s", t.ClientIP, iperf.IperfPort, t.Bandwidth))
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("failed to run iperf tcp task: %s", stderr.String())
+	}
+
+	return out.String(), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/perf/udp_task.go b/pkg/perf/udp_task.go
index c20834e9c..acc4381b2 100644
--- a/pkg/perf/udp_task.go
+++ b/pkg/perf/udp_task.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package perf
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zos/pkg/network/iperf"
 )
 
@@ -28,10 +30,21 @@ func (t *UDPTask) Cron() string {
 
 // Run runs the udp test and returns the result
 func (t *UDPTask) Run(ctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
-	output, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("iperf3 -c %s -p %d -b %s -u", t.ClientIP, iperf.IperfPort, t.Bandwidth)).Output()
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("iperf")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return output, nil
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "iperf", fmt.Sprintf("-c %s -p %d -b %s -u", t.ClientIP, iperf.IperfPort, t.Bandwidth))
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("failed to run iperf udp task: %s", stderr.String())
+	}
+
+	return out.String(), nil
 }