diff --git a/multinode-demo/common.sh b/multinode-demo/common.sh
index 54dde8a05b..d660f7d949 100644
--- a/multinode-demo/common.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/common.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 solana_client_demo=$(solana_program client-demo)
+solana_simple_client_demo=$(solana_program simple-client-demo)
 solana_drone=$(solana_program drone)
 solana_fullnode=$(solana_program fullnode)
 solana_fullnode_config=$(solana_program fullnode-config)
diff --git a/multinode-demo/simple-client.sh b/multinode-demo/simple-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..679024cd31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multinode-demo/simple-client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# usage: $0 <rsync network path to solana repo on leader machine> <number of nodes in the network???>"
+#
+
+here=$(dirname "$0")
+source "$here"/common.sh
+SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR=config-client-demo
+
+leader=${1:-${here}/..}  # Default to local solana repo
+count=${2:-1}
+
+rsync_leader_url=$(rsync_url "$leader")
+
+set -ex
+mkdir -p $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR
+rsync -vPz "$rsync_leader_url"/config/leader.json $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR/
+
+exec $solana_simple_client_demo \
+  -l $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR/leader.json -d