diff --git a/experiments/16-demo/run_scale_down_workload.sh b/experiments/16-demo/run_scale_down_workload.sh
index 9e8b61fb..7a2ba2ca 100755
--- a/experiments/16-demo/run_scale_down_workload.sh
+++ b/experiments/16-demo/run_scale_down_workload.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ script_loc=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd -P)
 cd $script_loc
 source common.sh
 
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+  >&2 echo "Usage: $0 path/to/physical/config/file.yml"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 ./scale_down_workload_impl.sh \
   --physical-config-file=$1 \
   --system-config-file=scale_down_config.yml \
diff --git a/experiments/16-demo/scale_down_workload_impl.sh b/experiments/16-demo/scale_down_workload_impl.sh
index eee461c4..333cfb9e 100755
--- a/experiments/16-demo/scale_down_workload_impl.sh
+++ b/experiments/16-demo/scale_down_workload_impl.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-if [ -z $1 ]; then
-  >&2 echo "Usage: $0 path/to/physical/config.yml"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 script_loc=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd -P)
 cd $script_loc
 source common.sh
@@ -15,7 +10,7 @@ start_brad_w_ui $system_config_file $physical_config_file
 >&2 echo "Waiting for BRAD to start up..."
 sleep 30
 
-num_clients=12
+num_clients=24
 starting_clients=4
 COND_OUT=out python3 ../../workloads/IMDB_extended/run_transactions_variable_clients.py \
   --num-clients $num_clients \
@@ -29,9 +24,10 @@ qidx="99,56,32,92,91,49,30,83,94,87,86,76,37,31,46"
 qbank_file="../../workloads/IMDB_100GB/regular_test/queries.sql"
 ra_gap_s=15
 ra_gap_std_s=5
+starting_ra_clients=8
 COND_OUT=out python3 ../../workloads/IMDB_extended/run_variable_clients.py \
   --num-clients $num_clients \
-  --starting-clients $starting_clients \
+  --starting-clients $starting_ra_clients \
   --num-front-ends $num_clients \
   --query-indexes $qidx \
   --query-bank-file $qbank_file \
@@ -41,17 +37,7 @@ COND_OUT=out python3 ../../workloads/IMDB_extended/run_variable_clients.py \
 rana_pid=$!
 >&2 echo "Started RA runner (PID $rana_pid)"
 
-function inner_cancel_experiment() {
-  cancel_experiment $txn_pid $rana_pid
-
-  wait $txn_pid
-  wait $rana_pid
-  wait $brad_pid
-}
-
-trap "inner_cancel_experiment" INT
-trap "inner_cancel_experiment" TERM
+# Wait for Ctrl-C.
+read -r -d '' _ </dev/tty
 
-wait $txn_pid
-wait $rana_pid
-wait $brad_pid
+graceful_shutdown $txn_pid $rana_pid