diff --git a/test/load/NOTES b/test/load/NOTES
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load/NOTES
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+How to call
+===========
+
+Load test for front page:
+
+  ruby runner.rb common_visitors.rb FirstPageViewer 10 -t 10
+
diff --git a/test/load/common_visitors.rb b/test/load/common_visitors.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load/common_visitors.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+visitor "FirstPageViewer" do
+  stores_cookies
+
+  site_url "http://localhost:3000"
+
+  get "/"
+end
diff --git a/test/load/runner.rb b/test/load/runner.rb
--- a/test/load/runner.rb
+++ b/test/load/runner.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 require 'visitor_curl_cli'
 
+TEMP_DIR = './tmp'
+
 def show_usage
   puts <<USAGE
 using: ruby runner.rb <visitor_file> [<type> <number>] [<type> <number>] ... [options]
@@ -31,6 +33,12 @@
 USAGE
 end
 
+def initialize_temp_dir
+  if !FileTest.exists? TEMP_DIR
+    Dir.mkdir TEMP_DIR
+  end
+end
+
 def runner(visitor_lists, load_time=60, options={})
   visitors = []
   vcount = 0
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@
       c = Kernel.const_get(cname)
 
       num.times do
-        visitors[vcount] = c.new(vcount+1)
+        visitors[vcount] = c.new(vcount+1, TEMP_DIR)
         visitors[vcount].talkative = true
         vcount += 1
       end
@@ -144,5 +152,6 @@
   end
 end
 
+initialize_temp_dir
 runner visitor_list, load_time, {:dry_run => dry_run}
 
diff --git a/test/load/visitor_curl_cli.rb b/test/load/visitor_curl_cli.rb
--- a/test/load/visitor_curl_cli.rb
+++ b/test/load/visitor_curl_cli.rb
@@ -32,23 +32,24 @@
   end
 
   def get_cookie_fname
-    "cookies.#{@id}"
+    "#{@base_dir}/cookies.#{@id}"
   end
 
   def get_output_fname
-    "output.#{@id}"
+    "#{@base_dir}/output.#{@id}"
   end
 
   def id
     @id
   end
 
-  def initialize(id=0)
+  def initialize(id=0, base_dir='.')
     # initialize nil class variable
     self.class.base_url = "" if (self.class.base_url) == nil
     self.class.cookies_stored = false if self.class.cookies_stored == nil
 
     @id = id
+    @base_dir = base_dir
     @cookies_fname = get_cookie_fname
     @output_fname = get_output_fname
     @statistics = Array.new