diff --git a/aws-code/transaction_generator.go b/aws-code/transaction_generator.go
index 680dd3942..991b5e99c 100644
--- a/aws-code/transaction_generator.go
+++ b/aws-code/transaction_generator.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func readConfigFile(configFile string) [][]string {
 }
 
 func main() {
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 	// Setup a stdout logger
 	h := log.CallerFileHandler(log.StdoutHandler)
 	log.Root().SetHandler(h)
@@ -130,23 +131,25 @@ func main() {
 	start := time.Now()
 	totalTime := 60.0
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second) // wait for nodes to be ready
+=======
+	configFile := flag.String("config_file", "global_nodes.txt", "file containing all ip addresses and config")
+	flag.Parse()
+	config := readConfigFile(*configFile)
+	totalTime := 60.0
+	time.Sleep(totalTime) //Sleep Time to let all instances come up
+	start := time.Now()
+	txs := make([]blockchain.Transaction, 10)
+	leaders := getLeaders(&config)
+>>>>>>> aadf3f9b34b9b4b84841dce554814f05f120aed1
 	for true {
 		t := time.Now()
 		if t.Sub(start).Seconds() >= totalTime {
 			fmt.Println(int(t.Sub(start)), start, totalTime)
 			break
 		}
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-		for i := range txs {
-			txs[i] = newRandTransaction()
-		}
-		msg := node.ConstructTransactionListMessage(txs)
-		log.Printf("[Generator] Sending txs to %d leader[s]\n", len(leaders))
-=======
 		txsToSend := getNewFakeTransactions(&dataNode, *numTxsPerBatch)
 		msg := node.ConstructTransactionListMessage(txsToSend)
 		log.Debug("[Generator] Sending txs...", "numTxs", len(txsToSend))
->>>>>>> 31f111ed5d49c01a9c3a20e92e053016c05ebafc
 		p2p.BroadcastMessage(leaders, msg)
 
 		// Update local utxo pool to mirror the utxo pool of a real node
diff --git a/aws-scripts/preprocess_peerlist.py b/aws-scripts/preprocess_peerlist.py
index faecebf07..eda1e7fe3 100644
--- a/aws-scripts/preprocess_peerlist.py
+++ b/aws-scripts/preprocess_peerlist.py
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-from collections import namedtuple
 import requests
 amazon_ipv4_url = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4"
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     current_ip = requests.get(amazon_ipv4_url).text
-    f = open("all_peerlist.txt",r)
+    f = open("global_nodes.txt","r")
+    peerList = []
     for myline in f:
-        mylist = myline.strip().split(" ")
+        mylist = myline.split(" ")
         ip = mylist[0]
-        if ip != current_ip:
+        node = mylist[2]
+        if node != "transaction":
             peerList.append(myline)
+        else:
+            h = open("isTransaction.txt","w")
+            h.write("I am just a transaction generator node")
+            h.close()
     f.close()
-    g = open("global_peerlist.txt")
-    for myline peerList:
-        g.write(myline + "\n")
-    g.close()    
-
-    
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    g = open("global_peerlist.txt","w")
+    for myline in peerList:
+        g.write(myline)
+    g.close()
diff --git a/aws-scripts/run_instances.sh b/aws-scripts/run_instances.sh
index bd4b7f59f..dedf1d741 100755
--- a/aws-scripts/run_instances.sh
+++ b/aws-scripts/run_instances.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 cd /home/ec2-user/projects/src/harmony-benchmark
-./deploy_linux.sh local_config2.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+./deploy_one_instance.sh global_peerlist.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy_one_instance.sh b/deploy_one_instance.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fd5131045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy_one_instance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+##The commented suffix is for linux
+##Reference: https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/blob/master/tests/Node/test_node_simple.sh
+sudo sysctl net.core.somaxconn=1024
+sudo sysctl net.core.netdev_max_backlog=65536;
+sudo sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse=1;
+sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rmem='65536 873800 1534217728';
+sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_wmem='65536 873800 1534217728';
+sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_mem='65536 873800 1534217728';
+
+./kill_node.sh
+source ~/.bash_profile
+python aws-scripts/preprocess_peerlist.py 
+FILE='isTransaction.txt'
+config=$1
+if [ -f $FILE ]; then
+    go run ./aws-code/transaction_generator.go -config_file $config
+else
+    go run ./benchmark_main.go -config_file $config&
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/global_nodes.txt b/global_nodes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9826ae250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global_nodes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+35.160.197.62 9000 validator 0
+54.68.213.133 9000 leader 0
+34.216.209.90 9000 transaction 0
\ No newline at end of file