diff --git a/dashboard/grafana/dashboards/dashboards/dashboards.yml b/dashboard/grafana/dashboards/dashboards/dashboards.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7435f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/grafana/dashboards/dashboards/dashboards.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+providers:
+  - name: 'default'
+    orgId: 1
+    folder: ''
+    type: file
+    disableDeletion: false
+    updateIntervalSeconds: 10
+    allowUiUpdates: true
+    options:
+      path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
diff --git a/dashboard/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml b/dashboard/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a57b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: Prometheus
+    type: prometheus
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://prometheus:9090
+    isDefault: true
+    editable: true
diff --git a/experiments/k-node.sh b/experiments/k-node.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..af499e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/k-node.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# k-nodes runs a Codex network with k nodes in which a file is uploaded to
+# node zero and then the remainder k - 1 nodes download it concurrently.
+#
+# Outputs download times to a log file.
+#
+# Usage: k-node.sh <node_count> <repetitions> <output_log> <file_sizes...>
+#
+# Example: k-node.sh 5 10 ./k-node-5-10.csv 100 200 500
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../src/clh"
+
+node_count="${1:-2}"
+repetitions="${2:-1}"
+output_log="${3:-"${OUTPUTS}/k-node-$(date +%s)-${RANDOM}.csv"}"
+shift 3
+file_sizes=("$@")
+
+exp_start "k-node"
+
+# TODO: procmon management should be moved into
+#  experiment lifecycle management.
+trap pm_stop EXIT INT TERM
+pm_start
+
+cdx_launch_network "${node_count}"
+
+for i in $(seq 1 "${repetitions}"); do
+  for file_size in "${file_sizes[@]}"; do
+    file_name=$(cdx_generate_file "${file_size}")
+    cid=$(cdx_upload_file "0" "${file_name}")
+
+    cdx_log_timings_start "${output_log}" "${file_size},${i},${cid}"
+
+    handles=()
+    for j in $(seq 1 "${node_count}"); do
+      cdx_download_file_async "$j" "$cid"
+      # shellcheck disable=SC2128
+      handles+=("$result")
+    done
+
+    await_all "${handles[@]}"
+
+    cdx_log_timings_end
+  done
+done
diff --git a/src/codex.bash b/src/codex.bash
index f97b17a..572ea5e 100644
--- a/src/codex.bash
+++ b/src/codex.bash
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ cdx_launch_node() {
   cmd_array=()
   IFS=' ' read -r -a cmd_array <<<"$codex_cmd"
 
-  pm_async "${cmd_array[@]}" -%- "codex" "${node_index}"
+  pm_async "bash" "-c" "exec ${cmd_array[*]} &> /dev/null" -%- "codex" "${node_index}"
   _cdx_pids[$node_index]=$!
 
   cdx_ensure_ready "$node_index"
diff --git a/src/procmon.bash b/src/procmon.bash
index 37e0e04..941d38b 100644
--- a/src/procmon.bash
+++ b/src/procmon.bash
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pm_start() {
   export _pm_output
   (
     _pm_pid=${BASHPID}
-    echoerr "[procmon] started with PID $_pm_pid"
+    echoerr "[procmon] enter monitoring loop"
     while true; do
       pm_known_pids
       for pid in "${result[@]}"; do