diff --git a/package/stresstest/init.sh b/package/stresstest/init.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd ../../seednode/target
+
+logpath=/Users/mk/Documents/_intellij/bitsquare/logs
+datapath=/Users/mk/Library/Application\ Support
+
+mkdir -p $logpath
+
+rm $datapath/Bitsquare_seed_node_hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion_8000/db/SequenceNumberMap
+rm $datapath/Bitsquare_seed_node_hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion_8000/db/PersistedPeers
+nohup java -jar SeedNode.jar hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion:8000 0 500 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_0_seednode.log & 
+sleep 40
+
+cd ../../gui/target
+rm $datapath/BS_arb/mainnet/db/SequenceNumberMap
+rm $datapath/BS_arb/mainnet/db/PersistedPeers
+nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_arb --maxConnections=12 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_0_arb.log & 
+
+# kill `ps -ef | grep java | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
+
diff --git a/package/stresstest/start.sh b/package/stresstest/start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+logpath=/Users/bs/bitsquare/logs
+datapath=/Users/bs/.local/shared
+
+mkdir -p $logpath
+
+cd ../../gui/target
+
+delay=5
+for i in `seq 1 10`;
+  do
+	echo $i
+	rm $datapath/BS_$i/mainnet/db/SequenceNumberMap
+	rm $datapath/BS_$i/mainnet/db/PersistedPeers
+	nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_$i --maxConnections=12 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_$i.log &  
+	sleep $delay
+  done  
+
+# kill `ps -ef | grep java | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
+
diff --git a/package/stresstest/startnodes.sh b/package/stresstest/startnodes.sh
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--- a/package/stresstest/startnodes.sh
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cd ../../seednode/target
-
-logpath=/Users/mk/Documents/_intellij/bitsquare/logs
-
-mkdir $logpath
-
-nohup java -jar SeedNode.jar hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion:8000 0 500 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_0_seednode.log & 
-sleep 40
-
-cd ../../gui/target
-nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_arb --maxConnections=120 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_0_arb.log & 
-sleep 40
-
-delay=10
-for i in `seq 1 10`;
-  do
-	echo $i
-	nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_$i --maxConnections=120 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_$i.log &  
-	sleep $delay
-  done  
-
-# kill `ps -ef | grep java | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
-