diff --git a/examples/banananation/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/banananation/SimulationUtility.java b/examples/banananation/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/banananation/SimulationUtility.java
index 093b93fce7..e0383b3a08 100644
--- a/examples/banananation/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/banananation/SimulationUtility.java
+++ b/examples/banananation/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/banananation/SimulationUtility.java
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.banananation.generated.GeneratedModelType;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.merlin.driver.*;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.merlin.protocol.types.Duration;
+import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.merlin.protocol.types.SerializedValue;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.types.ActivityDirective;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.types.ActivityDirectiveId;
+import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.types.Plan;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.types.SerializedActivity;
+import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.types.Timestamp;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 public final class SimulationUtility {
   public static SimulationResults
@@ -19,19 +24,23 @@ public final class SimulationUtility {
     final var dataPath = Path.of(SimulationUtility.class.getResource("data/lorem_ipsum.txt").getPath());
     final var config = new Configuration(Configuration.DEFAULT_PLANT_COUNT, Configuration.DEFAULT_PRODUCER, dataPath, Configuration.DEFAULT_INITIAL_CONDITIONS);
     final var startTime = Instant.now();
-    final var missionModel = gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.stateless.simulation.SimulationUtility.instantiateMissionModel(
+    final var missionModel = gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.orchestration.simulation.SimulationUtility.instantiateMissionModel(
         new GeneratedModelType(),
         Instant.EPOCH,
         config);
 
-    return SimulationDriver.simulate(
-        missionModel,
+    final var plan = new Plan(
+        "plan",
+        new Timestamp(startTime),
+        new Timestamp(startTime.plus(simulationDuration.in(Duration.MICROSECOND), ChronoUnit.MICROS)),
         schedule,
-        startTime,
-        simulationDuration,
-        startTime,
-        simulationDuration,
-        () -> false);
+        Map.of("initialDataPath", SerializedValue.of(dataPath.toString())));
+
+    try(final var simUtil = new gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.orchestration.simulation.SimulationUtility()) {
+      return simUtil.simulate(missionModel, plan).get();
+    } catch (ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
   }
 
   @SafeVarargs