diff --git a/experimental/example/Makefile b/experimental/example/Makefile
index af1d28648..7b3a69f39 100644
--- a/experimental/example/Makefile
+++ b/experimental/example/Makefile
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ goapp/app: goapp/app.go
 
 clean:
 	rm -f qotd/*.o qotd/qotd goapp/app
+
+run: all
+	docker-compose kill  || true
+	docker-compose rm -f || true
+	docker-compose build
+	docker-compose up -d
diff --git a/experimental/example/README.md b/experimental/example/README.md
index b958fe05c..46e812bb0 100644
--- a/experimental/example/README.md
+++ b/experimental/example/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 To run,
 
 ```
-make
-docker-compose up -d
+make run
 ```
 
 # "architecture"
diff --git a/experimental/example/client/Dockerfile b/experimental/example/client/Dockerfile
index 06300e91f..3a2e14311 100644
--- a/experimental/example/client/Dockerfile
+++ b/experimental/example/client/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-FROM gliderlabs/alpine
+FROM python:2.7
 MAINTAINER Weaveworks Inc <help@weave.works>
 WORKDIR /home/weave
-RUN apk add --update curl
-ADD ./client /home/weave/
-RUN chmod u+x /home/weave/client
-ENTRYPOINT ["/home/weave/client"]
+ADD requirements.txt /home/weave/
+RUN pip install -r /home/weave/requirements.txt
+ADD client.py /home/weave/
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "/home/weave/client.py"]
diff --git a/experimental/example/client/client b/experimental/example/client/client
deleted file mode 100755
index 84b92a82f..000000000
--- a/experimental/example/client/client
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-while true; do
-	curl http://pyapp:5000/
-	sleep 1
-done
diff --git a/experimental/example/client/client.py b/experimental/example/client/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f375f404c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/example/client/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import requests
+import random
+import threading
+import logging
+import sys
+
+pyapps = ['http://pyapp:5000/']
+concurrency = 5
+
+def do_requests():
+  while True:
+    try:
+      requests.get(random.choice(pyapps))
+    except:
+      logging.error("Error doing request", exc_info=sys.exc_info())
+    logging.info("Did request")
+
+def main():
+  logging.info("Starting %d thread", concurrency)
+  threads = [threading.Thread(target=do_requests) for i in range(concurrency)]
+  for thread in threads:
+    thread.start()
+  for thread in threads:
+    thread.join()
+  logging.info("Exiting")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  logging.basicConfig()
+  main()
diff --git a/experimental/example/client/requirements.txt b/experimental/example/client/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3288e9274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/example/client/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+requests
+
diff --git a/experimental/example/pyapp/app.py b/experimental/example/pyapp/app.py
index 4e01e8647..22409b463 100644
--- a/experimental/example/pyapp/app.py
+++ b/experimental/example/pyapp/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import socket
 import requests
+import random
+
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from flask import Flask
 from redis import Redis
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 redis = Redis(host='redis', port=6379)
 pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10)
 
+goapps = ['http://goapp1:8080/', 'http://goapp2:8080/']
+
 def do_redis():
   redis.incr('hits')
   return redis.get('hits')
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ def do_qotd():
     s.close()
 
 def do_search():
-  r = requests.get('http://goapp:8080/')
+  r = requests.get(random.choice(goapps))
   return r.text