diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6c2ce7..3bd37bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ cmd/keynode/keynode
 cmd/manager/manager
 cmd/routing/routing
 cmd/monitor/monitor
+cmd/worker/worker
 client/client
 cmd/cli/cli
 cmd/benchmark/benchmark
 cmd/benchmark/benchmarks.txt
 
+config/tasc-config.yml
+
 logs/
 *.log
 pids
diff --git a/cluster/create_cluster.py b/cluster/create_cluster.py
index 8b2c538..52076de 100755
--- a/cluster/create_cluster.py
+++ b/cluster/create_cluster.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 ec2_client = boto3.client('ec2', os.getenv('AWS_REGION', 'us-east-1'))
 
-def create_cluster(txn_count, keynode_count, rtr_count, benchmark_count, config_file,
+def create_cluster(txn_count, keynode_count, rtr_count, lb_count, benchmark_count, config_file,
             branch_name, ssh_key, cluster_name, kops_bucket, aws_key_id, aws_key, anna_config_file):
     prefix = './'
     util.run_process(['./create_cluster_object.sh', kops_bucket, ssh_key], 'kops')
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ def create_cluster(txn_count, keynode_count, rtr_count, benchmark_count, config_
     add_nodes(client, apps_client, config_file, 'tasc', txn_count,
               aws_key_id, aws_key, True, prefix, branch_name)
 
-    print('Creating TASC service...')
+    print('Creating %d Load Balancers...' % (lb_count))
+    add_nodes(client, apps_client, config_file, 'lb', lb_count,
+              aws_key_id, aws_key, True, prefix, branch_name)
+
+    print('Creating TASC Load Balancing service...')
     service_spec = util.load_yaml('yaml/services/tasc.yml', prefix)
     client.create_namespaced_service(namespace=util.NAMESPACE,
                                      body=service_spec)
@@ -95,6 +99,9 @@ def create_cluster(txn_count, keynode_count, rtr_count, benchmark_count, config_
     parser.add_argument('-r', '--routers', nargs=1, type=int, metavar='L',
                         help='The number of (Anna) router nodes to start with ' +
                              '(required)', dest='routers', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-l', '--loadbalancer', nargs=1, type=int, metavar='L',
+                        help='The number of load balancer nodes to start with ' +
+                             '(required)', dest='lb', required=True)
     parser.add_argument('-b', '--benchmark', nargs=1, type=int, metavar='L',
                         help='The number of benchmark nodes to start with ' +
                              '(required)', dest='benchmark', required=True)
@@ -123,6 +130,6 @@ def create_cluster(txn_count, keynode_count, rtr_count, benchmark_count, config_
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    create_cluster(args.nodes[0], args.keynodes[0], args.routers[0],
+    create_cluster(args.nodes[0], args.keynodes[0], args.routers[0], args.lb[0],
                 args.benchmark[0], args.config, args.branch, args.sshkey, cluster_name,
                 kops_bucket, aws_key_id, aws_key, args.annaconfig)
diff --git a/cluster/kops/yaml/igs/lb-ig.yml b/cluster/kops/yaml/igs/lb-ig.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fde043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/kops/yaml/igs/lb-ig.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: kops/v1alpha2
+kind: InstanceGroup
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    kops.k8s.io/cluster: CLUSTER_NAME
+  name: lb-instances
+spec:
+  image: kope.io/k8s-1.11-debian-stretch-amd64-hvm-ebs-2018-08-17
+  machineType: c5.large
+  maxSize: FILLER
+  minSize: FILLER
+  rootVolumeSize: 32
+  role: Node
+  nodeLabels:
+    role: lb
+  subnets:
+    - us-east-1a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cluster/yaml/ds/lb-ds.yml b/cluster/yaml/ds/lb-ds.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc8f16e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/yaml/ds/lb-ds.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: lb-nodes
+  labels:
+    role: lb
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      role: lb
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        role: lb
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector:
+        role: lb
+      hostNetwork: true
+      containers:
+        - name: lb-container
+          image: sauravchh/tasc
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          env:
+            - name: BRANCH
+              value: master
+            - name: ROLE
+              value: lb
+            - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+              value: ACCESS_KEY_ID_DUMMY
+            - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+              value: AWS_SECRET_KEY_DUMMY
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/lb/lb.go b/cmd/lb/lb.go
index f740fdd..dcc2806 100644
--- a/cmd/lb/lb.go
+++ b/cmd/lb/lb.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	cmn "github.com/saurav-c/tasc/lib/common"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ func main() {
 	poller := zmq.NewPoller()
 	poller.Add(lbSocket, zmq.POLLIN)
 
+	logger := cmn.InitLogger("logs", "lb", log.DebugLevel)
+
 	updateStart := time.Now()
 	for true {
 		sockets, _ := poller.Poll(10 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 
 			addresses = newAddresses
+			go logAddresses(addresses)
 			updateStart = time.Now()
 		}
 	}
@@ -115,3 +119,10 @@ func getNodeAddress(addresses []v1.NodeAddress, tp v1.NodeAddressType) string {
 
 	return ""
 }
+
+func logAddresses(addrs []string) {
+	log.Info("TASC Node Addresses...")
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		log.Info("\t-" + addr)
+	}
+}