diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/config.yaml b/test/performance-test/artillery/config.yaml
index d3e299ae..12674fc3 100644
--- a/test/performance-test/artillery/config.yaml
+++ b/test/performance-test/artillery/config.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 config:
-    target: "localhost:8081"
-    phases:
-      - duration: 10
-        arrivalCount: 10
-    environments:
-        localhost:
-            target: "http://localhost:8081"
-            phases:
-              - duration: 10
-                arrivalCount: 10
-        testnet:
-            target: "https://explorer.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io/rosetta"
-            phases:
-              - duration: 120
-                arrivalRate: 10
-    payload:
-        path: "{{  $environment  }}-vars.csv"
-        fields:
-          - "networkId"
-          - "blockIndex"
-          - "blockHash"
-          - "transactionId"
+  target: "localhost:8081"
+  phases:
+  - duration: 60
+    arrivalCount: 10
+  processor: "../sign-transaction.js"
+  environments:
+    localhost:
+      target: "http://localhost:8081"
+      phases:
+      - duration: 120
+        #arrivalRate: 60
+        arrivalCount: 180
+    testnet:
+      target: "https://explorer.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io/rosetta"
+      phases:
+      - duration: 120
+        arrivalRate: 120
+  payload:
+    path: "../vars/{{  $environment  }}-vars.csv"
+    fields:
+    - "networkId"
+    - "blockIndex"
+    - "blockHash"
+    - "transactionId"
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/construction-simple-transaction.yaml b/test/performance-test/artillery/construction-simple-transaction.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dd37576a..00000000
--- a/test/performance-test/artillery/construction-simple-transaction.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-Network-Identifier: &network_identifier
-  network_identifier:
-    blockchain: "cardano"
-    network: "{{ networkId }}"
-
-Public-Key: &public_key
-  hex_bytes: "22ae46272bffe077cecc46e1494d790d4ad453ae1c4228aa0c2e9671dcb16344"
-  curve_type: "edwards25519"
-
-Ada-Currency: &ada_currency
-  currency:
-    symbol: "ADA"
-    decimals: 6
-
-scenarios:
-  - name: Simple Transaction
-    flow:
-        - log: "/construction/derive"
-        - post:
-            url: "/construction/derive"
-            capture: 
-              json: "$.address"
-              as: "address"
-            headers:
-              Content-Type: "application/json"
-            json:
-              <<: *network_identifier
-              public_key:
-                  <<: *public_key
-              metadata:
-                  relative_ttl: 1000
-        - log: "/construction/preprocess"
-        - post:
-            url: "/construction/preprocess"
-            capture:
-              json: "$.options"
-              as: "options"
-            headers:
-              Content-Type: "application/json"
-            json:
-              <<: *network_identifier
-              operations:
-                - operation_identifier:
-                    index: 0
-                  type: "input"
-                  status: "" # maybe can be removed soon
-                  account:
-                    address: "{{ address }}"
-                  amount:
-                    value: "-100000"
-                    <<: *ada_currency
-                  coin_change:
-                    coin_identifier:
-                      identifier: "8f0e1bb31ff09a8dcc8a1b13d6ccb8f873f8d94b17bb7236c62e2d9d63d5426b:0"
-                    coin_action: "coin_spent"
-                - operation_identifier:
-                    index: 1
-                  type: "output"
-                  status: "" # maybe can be removed soon
-                  account:
-                    address: "{{ address }}"
-                  amount:
-                    value: 90000
-                    <<: *ada_currency
-        - log: "/construction/metadata"
-        - post:
-            url: "/construction/metadata"
-            capture:
-            - json: "$.suggested_fee[0].value"
-              as: "suggested_fee_value"
-            - json: "$.metadata.ttl"
-              as: "ttl"
-            headers:
-              Content-Type: "application/json"
-            json:
-              <<: *network_identifier
-              options:
-                "{{ options }}"
-              public_keys:
-              - <<: *public_key
-        - log: "suggested_fee_value: {{ suggested_fee_value }}"
-        - log: "ttl: {{ ttl }}"
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/readme.md b/test/performance-test/artillery/readme.md
index 4cf9c26b..cd0afe17 100644
--- a/test/performance-test/artillery/readme.md
+++ b/test/performance-test/artillery/readme.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-### Artillery Performance Tests
+```
+____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ _ _    _    ____ ____ _   _ 
+|__/ |  | [__  |__| |__/  |  | |    |    |___ |__/  \_/  
+|  \ |__| ___] |  | |  \  |  | |___ |___ |___ |  \   |
+```                                                                                                            
+#### Install
+- `npm i artillery`
+
+#### Configure
+- Edit config.yaml and refer to https://artillery.io/docs/guides/guides/test-script-reference.html
+- If targetting localhost environment then must have Testnet Rosetta instance running locally on port 8081
+
+#### Run test
+- `$(npm bin)/artillery run tests/data-block-tests.yaml --environment localhost --config config.yaml --output report`
+- `$(npm bin)/artillery run tests/construction-simple-transaction.yaml --environment localhost --config config.yaml --output report`
+
+#### Produce html report
+- `$(npm bin)/artillery report report`
+
 
-- npm i artillery
-- $(npm bin)/artillery run data-block-tests.yaml --environment localhost --config config.yaml --output report.json
-- $(npm bin)/artillery report report.json report.html 
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/sign-transaction.js b/test/performance-test/artillery/sign-transaction.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3aabb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/performance-test/artillery/sign-transaction.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const NaCl = require('tweetnacl');
+
+module.exports = {
+    signTransaction
+}
+
+function signTransaction(context, events, done) {
+    const hex_bytes = context.vars['hex_bytes'];
+    const private_key = "41d9523b87b9bd89a4d07c9b957ae68a7472d8145d7956a692df1a8ad91957a2c117d9dd874447f47306f50a650f1e08bf4bec2cfcb2af91660f23f2db912977";
+    context.vars['public_key'] = "c117d9dd874447f47306f50a650f1e08bf4bec2cfcb2af91660f23f2db912977";
+
+    const key_pair = NaCl.sign.keyPair.fromSecretKey(Buffer.from(private_key, "hex"))
+    const secret_key = key_pair.secretKey;
+
+    context.vars['signed_hex_bytes'] = Buffer.from(
+        NaCl.sign.detached(
+            Buffer.from(hex_bytes, "hex"),
+            secret_key
+        )
+    ).toString("hex")
+
+    return done();
+}
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/tests/construction-simple-transaction.yaml b/test/performance-test/artillery/tests/construction-simple-transaction.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f7b34ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/performance-test/artillery/tests/construction-simple-transaction.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+Http-Headers: &headers
+  headers:
+    Content-Type: "application/json"
+
+Network-Identifier: &network_identifier
+  network_identifier:
+    blockchain: "cardano"
+    network: "{{ networkId }}"
+
+Public-Key: &public_key
+  hex_bytes: "22ae46272bffe077cecc46e1494d790d4ad453ae1c4228aa0c2e9671dcb16344"
+  curve_type: "edwards25519"
+
+Ada-Currency: &ada_currency
+  currency:
+    symbol: "ADA"
+    decimals: 6
+
+Operations: &operations
+  operations:
+  - operation_identifier:
+      index: 0
+    type: "input"
+    status: "" # maybe can be removed soon
+    account:
+      address: "{{ address }}"
+    amount:
+      value: "-100000"
+      <<: *ada_currency
+    coin_change:
+      coin_identifier:
+        identifier: "8f0e1bb31ff09a8dcc8a1b13d6ccb8f873f8d94b17bb7236c62e2d9d63d5426b:0"
+      coin_action: "coin_spent"
+  - operation_identifier:
+      index: 1
+    type: "output"
+    status: "" # maybe can be removed soon
+    account:
+      address: "{{ address }}"
+    amount:
+      value: 90000
+      <<: *ada_currency
+
+Signatures: &signatures
+  signatures:
+  - signing_payload:
+      account_identifier:
+        address: "{{ address }}"
+        #metadata: ""
+      hex_bytes: "{{ hex_bytes }}"
+      signature_type: "ed25519"
+    public_key:
+      hex_bytes: "{{ public_key }}" # defined in sign-transaction.js
+      curve_type: "edwards25519"
+    signature_type: "ed25519"
+    hex_bytes: "{{ signed_hex_bytes  }}" # produced in sign-transaction.js
+
+scenarios:
+  - name: Simple Transaction
+    flow:
+        - log: "/construction/derive"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/derive"
+            capture: 
+              json: "$.address"
+              as: "address"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              public_key:
+                  <<: *public_key
+              metadata:
+                  relative_ttl: 1000
+        
+        - log: "/construction/preprocess"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/preprocess"
+            capture:
+              json: "$.options"
+              as: "options"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              <<: *operations
+        
+        - log: "/construction/metadata"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/metadata"
+            capture:
+            - json: "$.suggested_fee"
+              as: "suggested_fee"
+            - json: "$.metadata"
+              as: "metadata"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              options:
+                "{{ options }}"
+              public_keys:
+              - <<: *public_key
+        
+        - log: "/construction/payloads"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/payloads"
+            capture:
+            - json: "$.unsigned_transaction"
+              as: "unsigned_transaction"
+            - json: "$.payloads[0].hex_bytes"
+              as: "hex_bytes"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              <<: *operations
+              metadata:
+                "{{ metadata }}"
+              suggested_fee:
+                "{{ suggested_fee }}"
+        
+        - log: "/construction/parse (unsigned)"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/parse"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              signed: "false"
+              transaction:
+                "{{ unsigned_transaction }}"
+        
+        - function: "signTransaction" # in sign-transaction.js
+        - log: "signed_hex_bytes: {{ signed_hex_bytes }}"
+        
+        - log: "/construction/combine"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/combine"
+            capture:
+              json: "$.signed_transaction"
+              as: "signed_transaction"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              unsigned_transaction: "{{ unsigned_transaction }}"
+              <<: *signatures
+        
+        #- log: "signed_transaction={{ signed_transaction }}"
+        - log: "/construction/parse (signed)"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/parse"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              signed: "true"
+              transaction: "{{ signed_transaction }}"
+        - log: "/construction/submit"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/submit"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              signed_transaction: "{{ signed_transaction }}"
+
+        - log: "/construction/hash"
+        - post:
+            url: "/construction/hash"
+            capture:
+              json: "$.transaction_identifier.hash"
+              as: "hash"
+            <<: *headers
+            json:
+              <<: *network_identifier
+              signed_transaction: "{{ signed_transaction }}"
+              <<: *signatures
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/data-block-tests.yaml b/test/performance-test/artillery/tests/data-block-tests.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/performance-test/artillery/data-block-tests.yaml
rename to test/performance-test/artillery/tests/data-block-tests.yaml
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/localhost-vars.csv b/test/performance-test/artillery/vars/localhost-vars.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from test/performance-test/artillery/localhost-vars.csv
rename to test/performance-test/artillery/vars/localhost-vars.csv
diff --git a/test/performance-test/artillery/testnet-vars.csv b/test/performance-test/artillery/vars/testnet-vars.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from test/performance-test/artillery/testnet-vars.csv
rename to test/performance-test/artillery/vars/testnet-vars.csv