diff --git a/package/stresstest/copyDir.sh b/package/stresstest/copyDir.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd /Users/mk/Library/Application\ Support
+
+for i in `seq 101 500`;
+	do
+	dir=BS_$i
+	mkdir $dir
+	cp -av BS_/* $dir/
+done  
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diff --git a/package/stresstest/startnodes.sh b/package/stresstest/startnodes.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd ../../seednode/target
+
+logpath=/Users/mk/Documents/_intellij/bitsquare
+
+nohup java -jar SeedNode.jar hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion:8000 0 500 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/stresstest_seednode.log & 
+sleep 40
+
+cd ../../gui/target
+nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_arb --maxConnections=500 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/stresstest_arb.log & 
+sleep 40
+
+delay=5
+for i in `seq 1 10`;
+	do
+	echo $i
+	nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_$i --maxConnections=500 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/stresstest_$i.log &  
+	sleep $delay
+done  
+
+# kill `ps -ef | grep java | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
+