diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39364f6..58d4be2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ release:
 	make crossbuild GOOS=linux GOARCH=386
 	make crossbuild GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64
 
-install: install-pi install-imagine install-dx
+install: install-pi install-imagine install-dx install-loader
 
 install-dx:
 	go install -ldflags $(LDFLAGS) $(FLAGS) $(CLONE_URL)/cmd/dx
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ install-imagine:
 install-pi:
 	go install -ldflags $(LDFLAGS) $(FLAGS) $(CLONE_URL)/cmd/pi
 
+install-loader:
+	go install -ldflags $(LDFLAGS) $(FLAGS) $(CLONE_URL)/cmd/loader
+
 
 generate: enumer-install
 	cd imagine && \
diff --git a/cmd/loader/main.go b/cmd/loader/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91c26a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/loader/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/pilosa/tools/loader"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if err := loader.Run(os.Args, os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 09af251..596ede5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jaffee/commandeer v0.1.0
 	github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.15 // indirect
+	github.com/molecula/apophenia v0.0.0-20190827192002-68b7a14a478b
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
 	github.com/pilosa/go-pilosa v1.3.1-0.20190715210601-8606626b90d6
 	github.com/pilosa/pilosa v1.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d5de1de..6d3f703 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2 h1:fmNYVwqnSfB9mZU6OS2O6GsXM+wcskZDuKQz
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
+github.com/molecula/apophenia v0.0.0-20190827192002-68b7a14a478b h1:cZADDaNYM7xn/nklO3g198JerGQjadFuA0ofxBJgK0Y=
+github.com/molecula/apophenia v0.0.0-20190827192002-68b7a14a478b/go.mod h1:uXd1BiH7xLmgkhVmspdJLENv6uGWrTL/MQX2TN7Yz9s=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
diff --git a/loader/README.md b/loader/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a972a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loader/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Loader
+
+Loader is a very simple tool used to create load on a pilosa instance.  It has a simple `toml` config to create tasks. It currently only reports success/error for calls.  It purposely doesn't track stats.  Stats should be monitored from the pilosa stats endpoints, such as the `/metrics` endpoint that feed prometheus, etc.
+
+## Config
+
+A sample config would look like this:
+
+```toml
+[[Tasks]]
+  Connections = 10
+  Delay = "10ms"
+  Query = "TopN(model, n=5)"
+  URL = "http://localhost:10101/index/equipment/query"
+
+[[Tasks]]
+  Connections = 1
+  Delay = "1s"
+  Query = "TopN(model, n=5)"
+  URL = "http://localhost:10101/index/equipment/query"
+```
+
+You can have as many tasks as you want, but you need at least one for the program to create any load.
+
+### Definitions
+
+| Variable | Definition |
+| --- | --- |
+| Connections | Number of connections for this task to use. If you specify `10`, it means that it will create `10` actual connections for this task |
+| Delay | This is the amount of time between each request per connection.  If `1s` is specified, then it will delay for `1s` between each request |
+| Query | The desired query to execute |
+| URL | The query endoint to post the query to |
+
+The program will try to stagger the requests per task if more than one connection is specified.  For example, if you specify `10` connections, and a delay of `10ms`, then it will fire one request every `1ms`, for a total of `10` requests every `10ms`.
+
+## Usage
+
+To get a template for a new config, you can issue the following command:
+
+```sh
+loader config
+```
+
+To run the program with a specific config:
+
+```sh
+loader -config ./loader/sample.config.toml
+```
diff --git a/loader/config.go b/loader/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e476ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loader/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package loader
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+)
+
+// the toml package does not handle durations properly, so we have to create special handling for them.
+
+type duration time.Duration
+
+func (d *duration) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	dr, err := time.ParseDuration(string(text))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*d = duration(dr)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d duration) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
+	return []byte(time.Duration(d).String()), nil
+}
+
+func DemoConfig() *Config {
+	return &Config{
+		Tasks: Tasks{
+			{
+				Connections: 10,
+				Delay:       duration(time.Millisecond * 10),
+				URL:         "http://localhost:10101/index/equipment/query",
+				Query:       "TopN(model, n=5)",
+			},
+			{
+				Connections: 1,
+				Delay:       duration(time.Second * 1),
+				URL:         "http://localhost:10101/index/equipment/query",
+				Query:       "TopN(model, n=5)",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+type Tasks []Task
+
+type Task struct {
+	Connections int
+	Delay       duration
+	Query       string
+	URL         string
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	Tasks Tasks
+}
+
+func (c *Config) Load(path string) error {
+	_, err := toml.DecodeFile(path, c)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *Config) Print(w io.Writer) error {
+	return toml.NewEncoder(w).Encode(c)
+}
diff --git a/loader/loader.go b/loader/loader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ea993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loader/loader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package loader
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pilosa/tools"
+)
+
+func Run(args []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer) error {
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet(args[0], flag.ExitOnError)
+	var config = flags.String("config", "", "specify a toml config file")
+
+	if err := flags.Parse(args[1:]); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cfg := &Config{}
+	if *config != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "loading config from %s\n", *config)
+		if err := cfg.Load(*config); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error loading config %q: %w", *config, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var command string
+	commands := flags.Args()
+	if len(commands) == 1 {
+		command = commands[0]
+	}
+
+	l := &loader{
+		stderr: stderr,
+		stdout: stdout,
+		stats:  newStats(),
+	}
+
+	l.Println(`Version: ` + tools.Version + `+  Build Time: ` + tools.BuildTime + "\n")
+
+	switch command {
+	case "config":
+		return l.printConfig(cfg)
+	default:
+		return l.load(cfg)
+	}
+}
+
+type loader struct {
+	stderr io.Writer
+	stdout io.Writer
+	stats  *stats
+}
+
+func (l *loader) Println(args ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(l.stderr, args...)
+}
+func (l *loader) Printf(f string, args ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(l.stderr, f, args...)
+}
+
+func (l *loader) printConfig(cfg *Config) error {
+	if len(cfg.Tasks) == 0 {
+		l.Println("no config provided, printing a sample config\n")
+		cfg = DemoConfig()
+	}
+	return cfg.Print(l.stdout)
+}
+
+func (l *loader) load(cfg *Config) error {
+	if len(cfg.Tasks) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("No tasks found in config")
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// create a channel to block everyone on so that all tasks are spun up and ready to go before loading
+	start := make(chan struct{})
+
+	// create a wg to coordinate all tasks
+	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(len(cfg.Tasks))
+
+	for _, t := range cfg.Tasks {
+		go l.launchTask(ctx, t, start, wg)
+	}
+	// let all tasks start
+	close(start)
+
+	// start monitor loop
+	go l.printStats(ctx)
+
+	signalCh := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(signalCh, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+	// Block until one of the signals above is received
+	<-signalCh
+	l.Println("Signal received, initializing clean shutdown...")
+	cancel()
+
+	finished := make(chan struct{})
+	go func(finished chan struct{}) {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(finished)
+	}(finished)
+
+	// Block again until another signal is received, a shutdown timeout elapses,
+	// or the Command is gracefully closed
+	l.Println("Waiting for clean shutdown...")
+	select {
+	case <-signalCh:
+		return errors.New("second signal received, initializing hard shutdown")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 30):
+		return errors.New("time limit reached, initializing hard shutdown")
+	case <-finished:
+		l.Println("shutdown completed")
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *loader) launchTask(ctx context.Context, t Task, start chan struct{}, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+
+	// calculate time offset between connections
+	offset := time.Duration(int64(time.Duration(t.Delay)) / int64(t.Connections))
+
+	var cwg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	cwg.Add(t.Connections)
+	for i := 0; i < t.Connections; i++ {
+		go l.childTask(ctx, cwg, start, t, offset*time.Duration(i))
+	}
+
+	<-ctx.Done()
+
+	cwg.Wait()
+}
+
+func (l *loader) childTask(ctx context.Context, wg *sync.WaitGroup, start chan struct{}, t Task, offset time.Duration) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+
+	client := http.Client{}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", t.URL, bytes.NewBufferString(t.Query))
+
+	proc := func() {
+		_, err := client.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			l.stats.error(t.Query)
+		}
+		l.stats.success(t.Query)
+	}
+
+	// wait to start
+	<-start
+	// don't start all children at the same time, try to keep them spaced apart
+	time.Sleep(offset)
+	proc()
+
+	// begin interval loop
+	tick := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(t.Delay))
+	defer tick.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-tick.C:
+			proc()
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *loader) printStats(ctx context.Context) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			stats := l.stats.counts()
+			for k, v := range stats {
+				l.Printf("%s\t success: %d\t errors: %d\n", k, v[0], v[1])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/loader/sample.config.toml b/loader/sample.config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..140ac8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loader/sample.config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[[Tasks]]
+  Connections = 10
+  Delay = "1s"
+  Query = "TopN(model, n=5)"
+  URL = "http://localhost:10101/index/equipment/query"
+
+[[Tasks]]
+  Connections = 10
+  Delay = "1s"
+  Query = "TopN(model, n=5)"
+  URL = "http://localhost:10101/index/equipment/query"
diff --git a/loader/stats.go b/loader/stats.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c4ea41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loader/stats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package loader
+
+import "sync"
+
+type stat struct {
+	m  map[string]int
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func (s *stat) inc(k string) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	s.m[k]++
+}
+
+func newStat() *stat {
+	return &stat{
+		m: make(map[string]int),
+	}
+}
+
+type stats struct {
+	e *stat
+	s *stat
+}
+
+func newStats() *stats {
+	return &stats{
+		e: newStat(),
+		s: newStat(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *stats) success(k string) {
+	s.s.inc(k)
+}
+
+func (s *stats) error(k string) {
+	s.e.inc(k)
+}
+
+func (s *stats) counts() map[string][2]int {
+	m := make(map[string][2]int)
+
+	s.s.mu.RLock()
+	for k, v := range s.s.m {
+		a := m[k]
+		a[0] = v
+		m[k] = a
+	}
+	s.s.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	s.e.mu.RLock()
+	for k, v := range s.e.m {
+		a := m[k]
+		a[0] = v
+		m[k] = a
+
+	}
+	s.e.mu.RUnlock()
+	return m
+}