diff --git a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Backend/Program.cs b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Backend/Program.cs
index aaf63b9..1d2a8cd 100644
--- a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Backend/Program.cs
+++ b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Backend/Program.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 using Akka.Persistence.SqlServer.Hosting;
 using CqrsSqlServer.Backend.Actors;
 using CqrsSqlServer.DataModel;
+using CqrsSqlServer.Shared;
 using CqrsSqlServer.Shared.Serialization;
 using CqrsSqlServer.Shared.Sharding;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Petabridge.Cmd.Cluster;
+using Petabridge.Cmd.Cluster.Sharding;
+using Petabridge.Cmd.Host;
 
 var environment = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT") ?? "Development";
 
@@ -44,8 +48,16 @@
                             Props.Create(() => new GenericChildPerEntityParent(new ProductMessageRouter(),
                                 ProductTotalsActor.GetProps)), "productTotals");
                     
-                    registry.Register<ProductTotalsActor>(parentActor);
-                });
+                    registry.Register<ProductMarker>(parentActor);
+                })
+                .AddPetabridgeCmd(cmd =>
+                {
+
+                })
+                .AddStartup((system, registry) =>
+                {
+                    new FakeDataGenerator().Generate(system, registry, 100);
+                });;
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel.csproj b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel.csproj
index de34e12..4d0a1e4 100644
--- a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel.csproj
+++ b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel/CqrsSqlServer.DataModel.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Remove="appsettings.json"/>
         <Content Include="appsettings.json">
             <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
         </Content>
diff --git a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/CqrsSqlServer.Shared.csproj b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/CqrsSqlServer.Shared.csproj
index 8b7a50c..9a7f29c 100644
--- a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/CqrsSqlServer.Shared.csproj
+++ b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/CqrsSqlServer.Shared.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Akka.Cluster.Sharding" Version="$(AkkaVersion)"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Akka.Cluster.Hosting" Version="$(AkkaHostingVersion)"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Bogus" Version="35.5.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="2.62.0">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/FakeDataGenerator.cs b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/FakeDataGenerator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4bc67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cqrs/cqrs-sqlserver/CqrsSqlServer.Shared/FakeDataGenerator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using Akka.Actor;
+using Akka.Event;
+using Akka.Hosting;
+using Bogus;
+using CqrsSqlServer.Shared.Commands;
+using CqrsSqlServer.Shared.Sharding;
+
+namespace CqrsSqlServer.Shared;
+
+public class FakeDataGenerator
+{
+    private readonly Faker<CreateProduct> _productGenerator;
+
+    public FakeDataGenerator()
+    {
+        Randomizer.Seed = new Random(123456);
+        _productGenerator = new Faker<CreateProduct>()
+            .CustomInstantiator(f =>
+            {
+                var count = f.Random.Int(0, 3);
+                return new CreateProduct(
+                    f.Random.Guid().ToString(),
+                    f.Commerce.ProductName(),
+                    f.Finance.Amount(min: 1, max: 1000),
+                    f.Random.Int(1, 1000),
+                    count == 0 ? Array.Empty<string>() : f.Commerce.Categories(count)
+                );
+            });
+    }
+
+    public void Generate(ActorSystem system, IActorRegistry registry, int count)
+    {
+        var log = Logging.GetLogger(system, nameof(FakeDataGenerator));
+        var shardRegion = registry.Get<ProductMarker>();
+        
+        GenerateAsync(count, shardRegion, log)
+            .ContinueWith(t =>
+            {
+                if (!t.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
+                {
+                    log.Error(t.Exception, "Failed to generate fake data");
+                }
+            })
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private async Task GenerateAsync(int count, IActorRef shardRegion, ILoggingAdapter log)
+    {
+        log.Info($"Generating {count} fake data");
+        var items = new List<CreateProduct>();
+        var total = 0;
+        foreach (var _ in Enumerable.Range(0, count))
+        {
+            var item = _productGenerator.Generate();
+            items.Add(item);
+            var response = await shardRegion.Ask<ProductCommandResponse>(item, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+            if (!response.Success)
+            {
+                log.Error(response.Message);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                total++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        var purchaseCount = count * 5;
+        var rnd = Randomizer.Seed;
+        var purchaseTotal = 0;
+        var twoMinutes = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2);
+        var rollBackMinutes = twoMinutes * (purchaseCount + 1);
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow - rollBackMinutes;
+        foreach (var _ in Enumerable.Range(0, purchaseCount))
+        {
+            var item = items[rnd.Next(0, items.Count)];
+            var newOrder = new ProductOrder(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), item.ProductId, rnd.Next(1, 100), now);
+            now += twoMinutes;
+            var createOrderCommand = new PurchaseProduct(newOrder);
+            var response = await shardRegion.Ask<ProductCommandResponse>(createOrderCommand, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+            if (!response.Success)
+            {
+                log.Error(response.Message);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                purchaseTotal++;
+            }
+        }
+        log.Info($"Generated {total} fake data and {purchaseTotal} fake purchases");
+    }
+}
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