diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5db4c8fb..715ff703 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .idea
 *.iml
+.vscode/*
 
 # debug
 npm-debug.log*
diff --git a/lang/de-DE.json b/lang/de-DE.json
index 7c45d131..8d507693 100644
--- a/lang/de-DE.json
+++ b/lang/de-DE.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "button.copy-to-clipboard": "In die Zwischenablage kopieren",
   "button.date-range": "Datumsbereich",
   "button.delete": "Löschen",
-  "button.dismiss": "Dismiss",
+  "button.dismiss": "Verwerfen",
   "button.edit": "Bearbeiten",
   "button.login": "Anmelden",
   "button.more": "Mehr",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   "message.get-tracking-code": "Erstelle Tracking Kennung",
   "message.go-to-settings": "Zu den Einstellungen",
   "message.incorrect-username-password": "Falsches Passwort oder Benutzername.",
-  "message.new-version-available": "A new version of umami {version} is available!",
+  "message.new-version-available": "Eine neue Version umami {version} ist verfügbar!",
   "message.no-data-available": "Keine Daten vorhanden.",
   "message.no-websites-configured": "Es ist keine Webseite vorhanden.",
   "message.page-not-found": "Seite nicht gefunden.",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92c8b34f..1ca2e62b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
     "merge-lang": "node scripts/merge-lang.js",
     "format-lang": "node scripts/format-lang.js",
     "compile-lang": "formatjs compile-folder --ast build lang-compiled",
-    "check-lang": "node scripts/check-lang.js"
+    "check-lang": "node scripts/check-lang.js",
+    "loadtest": "node scripts/loadtest.js",
+    "loadtest:medium": "node scripts/loadtest.js --weight=medium",
+    "loadtest:heavy": "node scripts/loadtest.js --weight=heavy --verbose"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "**/*.js": [
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@
     "extract-react-intl-messages": "^4.1.1",
     "husky": "^4.3.0",
     "lint-staged": "^10.4.0",
+    "loadtest": "5.1.0",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "postcss-flexbugs-fixes": "^4.2.1",
     "postcss-import": "^12.0.1",
diff --git a/scripts/loadtest.js b/scripts/loadtest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2146dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/loadtest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+const loadtest = require('loadtest');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const trunc = num => +num.toFixed(1);
+
+/**
+ * Example invocations:
+ *
+ * npm run loadtest -- --weight=heavy
+ * npm run loadtest -- --weight=heavy --verbose
+ * npm run loadtest -- --weight=single --verbose
+ * npm run loadtest -- --weight=medium
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Command line arguments like --weight=heavy and --verbose use this object
+ * If you are providing _alternative_ configs, use --weight
+ * e.g. add --weight=ultra then add commandlineOptions.ultra={}
+ * --verbose can be combied with any weight.
+ */
+const commandlineOptions = {
+  single: {
+    concurrency: 1,
+    requestsPerSecond: 1,
+    maxSeconds: 5,
+    maxRequests: 1,
+  },
+  // Heavy can saturate CPU which leads to requests stalling depending on machine
+  // Keep an eye  if --verbose logs pause, or if node CPU in top is > 100.
+  // https://github.com/alexfernandez/loadtest#usage-donts
+  heavy: {
+    concurrency: 10,
+    requestsPerSecond: 200,
+    maxSeconds: 60,
+  },
+  // Throttled requests should not max out CPU,
+  medium: {
+    concurrency: 3,
+    requestsPerSecond: 5,
+    maxSeconds: 60,
+  },
+  verbose: { statusCallback },
+};
+
+const options = {
+  url: 'http://localhost:3000',
+  method: 'POST',
+  concurrency: 5,
+  requestsPerSecond: 5,
+  maxSeconds: 5,
+  requestGenerator: (params, options, client, callback) => {
+    const message = JSON.stringify(mockPageView());
+    options.headers['Content-Length'] = message.length;
+    options.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';
+    options.headers['user-agent'] = 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 LoadTest';
+    options.body = message;
+    options.path = '/api/collect';
+    const request = client(options, callback);
+    request.write(message);
+    return request;
+  },
+};
+
+function getArgument() {
+  const weight = process.argv[2] && process.argv[2].replace('--weight=', '');
+  const verbose = process.argv.includes('--verbose') && 'verbose';
+  return [weight, verbose];
+}
+
+// Patch in all command line arguments over options object
+// Must do this prior to calling `loadTest()`
+getArgument().map(arg => Object.assign(options, commandlineOptions[arg]));
+
+loadtest.loadTest(options, (error, results) => {
+  if (error) {
+    return console.error(chalk.redBright('Got an error: %s', error));
+  }
+  console.log(chalk.bold(chalk.yellow('\n--------\n')));
+  console.log(chalk.yellowBright('Loadtests complete:'), chalk.greenBright('success'), '\n');
+  prettyLogItem('Total Requests:', results.totalRequests);
+  prettyLogItem('Total Errors:', results.totalErrors);
+
+  prettyLogItem(
+    'Latency(mean/min/max)',
+    trunc(results.meanLatencyMs),
+    '/',
+    trunc(results.maxLatencyMs),
+    '/',
+    trunc(results.minLatencyMs),
+  );
+
+  if (results.totalErrors) {
+    console.log(chalk.redBright('*'), chalk.red('Total Errors:'), results.totalErrors);
+  }
+
+  if (results.errorCodes && Object.keys(results.errorCodes).length) {
+    console.log(chalk.redBright('*'), chalk.red('Error Codes:'), results.errorCodes);
+  }
+  // console.log(results);
+});
+
+/**
+ * Create a new  object for each request.  Note, we could randomize values here if desired.
+ *
+ * TODO: Need a better way of passing in  websiteId, hostname, URL.
+ *
+ * @param {object} payload pageview payload same as sent  via tracker
+ */
+function mockPageView(
+  payload = {
+    website: 'fcd4c7e3-ed76-439c-9121-3a0f102df126',
+    hostname: 'localhost',
+    screen: '1680x1050',
+    url: '/LOADTESTING',
+  },
+) {
+  return {
+    type: 'pageview',
+    payload,
+  };
+}
+
+// If you pass in --verbose, this function is called
+function statusCallback(error, result, latency) {
+  console.log(
+    chalk.yellowBright(`\n## req #${result.requestIndex + 1} of ${latency.totalRequests}`),
+  );
+  prettyLogItem('Request elapsed milliseconds:', trunc(result.requestElapsed));
+  prettyLogItem(
+    'Latency(mean/max/min):',
+    trunc(latency.meanLatencyMs),
+    '/',
+    trunc(latency.maxLatencyMs),
+    '/',
+    trunc(latency.minLatencyMs),
+  );
+}
+
+function prettyLogItem(label, ...args) {
+  console.log(chalk.redBright('*'), chalk.green(label), ...args);
+}