diff --git a/src/loadgenerator/.gitignore b/src/loadgenerator/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9b48b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/loadgenerator/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+credentials.py
diff --git a/src/loadgenerator/Dockerfile b/src/loadgenerator/Dockerfile
index b894dc5..60932ec 100644
--- a/src/loadgenerator/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/loadgenerator/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM python:3-slim as base
+FROM python:3.6-slim as base
 
 FROM base as builder
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update \
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
 
+#RUN python -m pip install --force-reinstall pip==20.1.1
+#RUN pip install --install-option="--prefix=/install" -r requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --prefix="/install" -r requirements.txt
 
 FROM base
diff --git a/src/loadgenerator/loadgen.sh b/src/loadgenerator/loadgen.sh
index 4a0f35e..97ca0dc 100755
--- a/src/loadgenerator/loadgen.sh
+++ b/src/loadgenerator/loadgen.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ fi
 set -x
 
 # if one request to the frontend fails, then exit
-STATUSCODE=$(curl --silent --output /dev/stderr --write-out "%{http_code}" http://${FRONTEND_ADDR})
+STATUSCODE=$(curl --silent --output /dev/stderr --write-out "%{http_code}" ${FRONTEND_ADDR})
+#revert line above to the following if running all microservices together or http
+#STATUSCODE=$(curl --silent --output /dev/stderr --write-out "%{http_code}" http://${FRONTEND_ADDR})
 if test $STATUSCODE -ne 200; then
     echo "Error: Could not reach frontend - Status code: ${STATUSCODE}"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 # else, run loadgen
-locust --host="http://${FRONTEND_ADDR}" --no-web -c "${USERS:-10}" 2>&1
+locust --host="${FRONTEND_ADDR}" --no-web -c "${USERS:-10}" 2>&1
+#revert line above to the following if running all microservices together or http
+#locust --host="http://${FRONTEND_ADDR}" --no-web -c "${USERS:-10}" 2>&1
diff --git a/src/loadgenerator/locustfile.py b/src/loadgenerator/locustfile.py
index b134538..c20c6d8 100644
--- a/src/loadgenerator/locustfile.py
+++ b/src/loadgenerator/locustfile.py
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
 
 import random
 from locust import HttpLocust, TaskSet, between
+import credentials
+
+import rollbar
+rollbar.init(credentials.POST_SERVER_ITEM_ACCESS_TOKEN, 'production')  # access_token, environment
+
+try:
+    main_app_loop()
+except IOError:
+    rollbar.report_message('Got an IOError in the main loop', 'warning')
+except:
+    # catch-all
+    rollbar.report_exc_info()
+    # equivalent to rollbar.report_exc_info(sys.exc_info())
 
 products = [
     '0PUK6V6EV0',
diff --git a/src/loadgenerator/requirements.txt b/src/loadgenerator/requirements.txt
index 7cd1fc2..3d2cebe 100644
--- a/src/loadgenerator/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/loadgenerator/requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ markupsafe==1.1.0         # via jinja2
 msgpack-python==0.5.6     # via locustio
 pyzmq==17.0.0             # via locustio
 requests==2.21.0          # via locustio
+rollbar
 six==1.12.0               # via geventhttpclient-wheels, locustio
 urllib3==1.24.2           # via requests
 werkzeug==0.14.1          # via flask