diff --git a/green_metric_tests/greencheck_api_loadtest.js b/green_metric_tests/greencheck_api_loadtest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cd9a7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/green_metric_tests/greencheck_api_loadtest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// import necessary modules
+import { check } from "k6";
+import http from "k6/http";
+
+// define configuration
+export const options = {
+  // define thresholds
+  thresholds: {
+    http_req_failed: ['rate<0.01'], // http errors should be less than 1%
+    http_req_duration: ["p(99)<1000"], // 99% of requests should be below 1s
+  },
+};
+
+export default function () {
+  // define URL and request body
+  const url = "https://django:9000/api/v3/greencheck/climateaction.tech";
+  const params = {
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    },
+  };
+
+  // send a post request and save response as a variable
+  const res = http.get(url, params);
+
+  // check that response is 200
+  check(res, {
+    "response code was 200": (res) => res.status == 200,
+  });
+}
+
+
diff --git a/usage_scenario.yml b/usage_scenario.yml
index cd95dff0..5795c960 100644
--- a/usage_scenario.yml
+++ b/usage_scenario.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ services:
     networks:
       - greencheck-network
 
+  load-test-container:
+    container_name: load-test-container
+    image: grafana/k6
+    depends_on:
+      - django
+    setup-commands:
+      - cp /tmp/repo/green_metric_tests/greencheck_api_loadtest.js .
+    networks:
+      - greencheck-network
+
 flow:
   # this should trigger a http request to an API endpoint
   # of http://django:9000, simulating a greencheck lookup
@@ -104,3 +114,12 @@ flow:
       - type: console
         command: npm test
         note: Starting test again
+  - name: Greencheck API Load Test
+    container: load-test-container
+    commands:
+      - type: console
+        note: Starting load test
+        read-notes-stdout: true
+        log-stdout: true
+        log-stderr: true
+        command: k6 run --iterations 10 greencheck-api-loadtest.js