diff --git a/cache/Dockerfile b/cache/Dockerfile
index b107533..3661904 100644
--- a/cache/Dockerfile
+++ b/cache/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:7.0.0
+FROM node:20-buster
 MAINTAINER Mingyang Wang <miw092@eng.uced.edu>
 
 # Install necessary dependencies and tools
diff --git a/load_test.sh b/load_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14c3497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Using default shell; no shebang
+
+# Check if brew is installed
+brew=$(which -s brew)
+echo "$brew"
+if [ -z "$brew" ]; then
+      echo "Please install Brew First"
+      exit 1
+fi
+
+# brew update && brew install vegeta
+
+
+echo 'GET http://localhost:80/photo/97b72fb0-a84a-11e6-bf37-6d2c86545d91' | \
+    vegeta attack --rate=300 -duration 5m | vegeta encode | \
+    jaggr @count=rps \
+          hist\[100,200,300,400,500\]:code \
+          p25,p50,p95:latency \
+          sum:bytes_in \
+          sum:bytes_out | \
+    jplot rps+code.hist.100+code.hist.200+code.hist.300+code.hist.400+code.hist.500 \
+          latency.p95+latency.p50+latency.p25 \
+          bytes_in.sum+bytes_out.sum
+
diff --git a/proxy/Dockerfile b/proxy/Dockerfile
index 2c26c8d..0ceefd8 100644
--- a/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM nginx:1.11.5 
+FROM nginx:bullseye
 MAINTAINER Mingyang Wang <miw092@eng.uced.edu>
 
 # override default configuration
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index bc5e50f..3c3ab0a 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ echo "Start running Haystack prototype"
 echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
 
 # Create a bridge network for the components
+echo "<Creating bridge network>"
 docker network create \
   --driver bridge \
   --subnet $SUBNET \
@@ -87,12 +88,13 @@ docker network create \
   $NETWORK
 
 
-# Create a data volumn container to simulate Distributed File System
+# Create a data volume container to simulate Distributed File System
 # docker run -d --name $DATA_CONTAINER $DATA_IMAGE
 
 # Create the Cache server container
 # Currently use a Docker data volume to simulate Distributed File System
 # indicated by flag '-v'
+echo "<Creating a Cache server container>"
 docker run -itd \
   --name $CACHE_CONTAINER \
   --network $NETWORK \
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ docker run -itd \
 
 
 # Create the Directory server container
+echo "<Creating Directory Server>"
 docker run -itd \
   --name $DIRECTORY_CONTAINER \
   --network $NETWORK \
@@ -113,10 +116,10 @@ docker run -itd \
 # Create a tiny table
 sleep 30 # wait for Cassandra initialization
 docker exec -d $DIRECTORY_CONTAINER cqlsh -f /root/init_table.txt
-
 sleep 30 # wait for Cassandra table creation
 
 # Create the web front server container
+echo "<Creating Web Front Server>"
 docker run -itd \
   --name $WEBFRONT_CONTAINER \
   --network $NETWORK \
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ docker run -itd \
 
 
 # Create the proxy container
+echo "<Creating a Nginx Reverse Proxy in front of Web Front Server>"
 docker run -itd \
   --name $PROXY_CONTAINER \
   --network $NETWORK \
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ docker run -itd \
   $PROXY_IMAGE
 
 # Create the storage container
+echo "<Creating Storage Container Number 1>"
 docker run -itd \
   --name $STORAGE_CONTAINER1 \
   --network $NETWORK \
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ docker run -itd \
   -p $STORAGE_SERVER_PORT1:$STORAGE_INTERNAL_PORT \
   $STORAGE_IMAGE
 
+echo "<Creating Storage Container Number 2>"
 docker run -itd \
   --name $STORAGE_CONTAINER2 \
   --network $NETWORK \
diff --git a/storage/Dockerfile b/storage/Dockerfile
index f66cdb5..7c40c2d 100644
--- a/storage/Dockerfile
+++ b/storage/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-FROM node:7.0.0
+FROM node:20-buster
 MAINTAINER Kun Huang <kuh004@ucsd.edu>, Junbo Ke <juke@ucsd.edu>
 
 # Install necessary dependencies and tools
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y redis-server
-RUN npm install filepointer
+
 
 # Create app directory
 RUN mkdir -p /root/app
 WORKDIR /root/app
 
+# This should be after setting up WORKDIR
+RUN npm install filepointer
+
 # Install app dependences
 COPY package.json /root/app
 RUN npm install
diff --git a/webfront/Dockerfile b/webfront/Dockerfile
index c497d6d..8639899 100644
--- a/webfront/Dockerfile
+++ b/webfront/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:7.0.0
+FROM node:20-buster
 MAINTAINER Mingyang Wang <miw092@eng.uced.edu>
 
 # Install necessary dependencies and tools
diff --git a/webfront/start_service.sh b/webfront/start_service.sh
index 971b164..b5abbff 100644
--- a/webfront/start_service.sh
+++ b/webfront/start_service.sh
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-/usr/bin/redis-server &
-node server.js
+/usr/bin/redis-server & node server.js