diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 789d6a5927..419106bab3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ your odds of success if you check out the
 before proceeding:
 
 ```bash
-$ git checkout v0.7.2
+$ git checkout v0.8.0
 ```
 
 Configuration Setup
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ To run a multinode testnet, after starting a leader node, spin up some validator
 separate shells:
 
 ```bash
-$ ./multinode-demo/validator.sh ubuntu@10.0.1.51:~/solana 10.0.1.51
+$ ./multinode-demo/validator.sh
 ```
 
 To run a performance-enhanced leader or validator (on Linux),
@@ -123,22 +123,20 @@ your system:
 ```bash
 $ ./fetch-perf-libs.sh
 $ SOLANA_CUDA=1 ./multinode-demo/leader.sh
-$ SOLANA_CUDA=1 ./multinode-demo/validator.sh ubuntu@10.0.1.51:~/solana 10.0.1.51
+$ SOLANA_CUDA=1 ./multinode-demo/validator.sh
 ```
 
 
-
 Testnet Client Demo
 ---
 
-Now that your singlenode or multinode testnet is up and running let's send it some transactions! Note that we pass in
-the expected number of nodes in the network.  If running singlenode, pass 1; if multinode, pass the number
-of validators you started.
+Now that your singlenode or multinode testnet is up and running let's send it
+some transactions!
 
 In a separate shell start the client:
 
 ```bash
-$ ./multinode-demo/client.sh ubuntu@10.0.1.51:~/solana 1
+$ ./multinode-demo/client.sh # runs against localhost by default
 ```
 
 What just happened? The client demo spins up several threads to send 500,000 transactions
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@ Public Testnet
 In this example the client connects to our public testnet. To run validators on the testnet you would need to open udp ports `8000-10000`.
 
 ```bash
-$ ./multinode-demo/client.sh testnet.solana.com 1 #The minumum number of nodes to discover on the network
+$ ./multinode-demo/client.sh --network $(dig +short testnet.solana.com):8001 --identity config-private/client-id.json --duration 60
 ```
 
 You can observe the effects of your client's transactions on our [dashboard](https://metrics.solana.com:3000/d/testnet/testnet-hud?orgId=2&from=now-30m&to=now&refresh=5s&var-testnet=testnet)
diff --git a/multinode-demo/client.sh b/multinode-demo/client.sh
index d9b4e98628..0bac248894 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/client.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/client.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ usage() {
   exit 1
 }
 
-if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
-  mkdir -p config-client
-  [[ -r config-client/client-id.json ]] || $solana_keygen -o config-client/client-id.json
-  $solana_bench_tps --identity config-client/client-id.json --network 127.0.0.1:8001
+if [[ -z $1 ]]; then # default behavior
+  $solana_bench_tps --identity config-private/client-id.json --network 127.0.0.1:8001 --duration 90
 else
   $solana_bench_tps "$@"
 fi
diff --git a/multinode-demo/setup.sh b/multinode-demo/setup.sh
index 9888817036..ffcd0e7c4f 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/setup.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/setup.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ip_address_arg=-l
 num_tokens=1000000000
 node_type_leader=true
 node_type_validator=true
+node_type_client=true
 while getopts "h?n:lpt:" opt; do
   case $opt in
   h|\?)
@@ -55,10 +56,17 @@ while getopts "h?n:lpt:" opt; do
     leader)
       node_type_leader=true
       node_type_validator=false
+      node_type_client=false
       ;;
     validator)
       node_type_leader=false
       node_type_validator=true
+      node_type_client=false
+      ;;
+    client)
+      node_type_leader=false
+      node_type_validator=false
+      node_type_client=true
       ;;
     *)
       usage "Error: unknown node type: $node_type"
@@ -74,13 +82,19 @@ done
 
 set -e
 
-if $node_type_leader; then
-  for i in "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR" "$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"; do
-    echo "Cleaning $i"
-    rm -rvf "$i"
-    mkdir -p "$i"
-  done
+for i in "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR" "$SOLANA_CONFIG_VALIDATOR_DIR" "$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"; do
+  echo "Cleaning $i"
+  rm -rvf "$i"
+  mkdir -p "$i"
+done
 
+if $node_type_client; then
+  client_id_path="$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"/client-id.json
+  $solana_keygen -o "$client_id_path"
+  ls -lhR "$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"/
+fi
+
+if $node_type_leader; then
   leader_address_args=("$ip_address_arg")
   leader_id_path="$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"/leader-id.json
   mint_path="$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"/mint.json
@@ -102,11 +116,6 @@ fi
 
 
 if $node_type_validator; then
-  echo "Cleaning $SOLANA_CONFIG_VALIDATOR_DIR"
-  rm -rvf "$SOLANA_CONFIG_VALIDATOR_DIR"
-  mkdir -p "$SOLANA_CONFIG_VALIDATOR_DIR"
-
-
   validator_address_args=("$ip_address_arg" -b 9000)
   validator_id_path="$SOLANA_CONFIG_PRIVATE_DIR"/validator-id.json