diff --git a/monitoring/utils/prometheus/prometheus-scrape-configuration/02-prometheus-configMap.yaml b/monitoring/utils/prometheus/prometheus-scrape-configuration/02-prometheus-configMap.yaml
index fbc7a879c..e49a7ee57 100644
--- a/monitoring/utils/prometheus/prometheus-scrape-configuration/02-prometheus-configMap.yaml
+++ b/monitoring/utils/prometheus/prometheus-scrape-configuration/02-prometheus-configMap.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 data:
   prometheus.yml: |
     global:
-      scrape_interval: 15s
+      scrape_interval: 5s
     rule_files:
       - "/etc/prometheus-rules/alert.rules"
     scrape_configs:
diff --git a/monitoring/utils/sample-application-under-test/sock-shop/user-load.yaml b/monitoring/utils/sample-application-under-test/sock-shop/user-load.yaml
index ea9927fb4..4d52ac993 100644
--- a/monitoring/utils/sample-application-under-test/sock-shop/user-load.yaml
+++ b/monitoring/utils/sample-application-under-test/sock-shop/user-load.yaml
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ spec:
         name: user-load
     spec:
       containers:
-      - args:
-        - -h
-        - front-end:80
-        - -r
-        - "9999999"
-        image: weaveworksdemos/load-test
+      - name: user-load
+        image: weaveworksdemos/load-test:0.1.1
+        command: ["/bin/sh"]
+        args: ["-c", "while true; do locust --host http://front-end.sock-shop.svc.cluster.local -f /config/locustfile.py --clients 5 --hatch-rate 5 --num-request 100 --no-web; done"]
         imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: user-load
+