diff --git a/pageserver/src/bin/replay.rs b/pageserver/src/bin/replay.rs
index 9e44362d7a..7ccbe0911b 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/bin/replay.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/bin/replay.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ use std::{
     path::PathBuf,
     str::FromStr,
 };
-use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::{io::AsyncWriteExt, net::TcpStream};
 
 use clap::{App, Arg};
-use utils::zid::{ZTenantId, ZTimelineId};
+use utils::{
+    pq_proto::FeMessage,
+    zid::{ZTenantId, ZTimelineId},
+};
 
 // TODO put this in library, dedup with stuff in control_plane
 /// Client for the pageserver's pagestream API
@@ -16,18 +19,18 @@ struct PagestreamApi {
     stream: TcpStream,
 }
 
-/// Good enough implementation for these tests
 impl PagestreamApi {
     async fn connect(
         connstr: &str,
         tenant: &ZTenantId,
         timeline: &ZTimelineId,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<PagestreamApi> {
-        let mut stream = TcpStream::connect("localhost:15000").await?;
-
-        // Connect to pageserver
-        println!("connecting to: {}", connstr);
+        // Parse connstr
         let config = tokio_postgres::Config::from_str(connstr).expect("bad connstr");
+        let tcp_addr = format!("localhost:{}", config.get_ports()[0]);
+
+        // Connect
+        let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(tcp_addr).await?;
         let (client, conn) = config
             .connect_raw(&mut stream, tokio_postgres::NoTls)
             .await?;
@@ -39,13 +42,15 @@ impl PagestreamApi {
             _ = client.query(init_query.as_str(), &[]) => (),
         };
 
-        println!("connected");
-
         Ok(PagestreamApi { stream })
     }
 
-    async fn make_request(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        // TODO implement
+    async fn make_request(&mut self, msg: PagestreamFeMessage) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let msg_bytes = msg.serialize();
+        self.stream.write_all(&msg_bytes).await?;
+
+        let _response = FeMessage::read_fut(&mut self.stream).await?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ async fn replay_trace<R: std::io::Read>(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     while let Ok(msg) = PagestreamFeMessage::parse(reader) {
         println!("Parsed message {:?}", msg);
-        pagestream.make_request().await?;
+        // pagestream.make_request(msg).await?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -97,10 +102,14 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 let path = entry.path();
                 let _conn_id = ZTimelineId::from_str(path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap())?;
 
+                // TODO The pageserver deletes existing traces?
+                // LOL yes because I use tenant ID as trace id
                 let pagestream = PagestreamApi::connect(connstr, &tenant_id, &timeline_id).await?;
 
-                let file = File::open(path)?;
+                let file = File::open(path.clone())?;
                 let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+                // let len = file.metadata().unwrap().len();
+                // println!("replaying {:?} trace {} bytes", path, len);
                 replay_trace(&mut reader, pagestream).await?;
             }
         }
diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
index a2b4eb8c08..35c1567a59 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -499,7 +499,9 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
         // Make request tracer if needed
         let repo = tenant_mgr::get_repository_for_tenant(tenant_id)?;
         let mut tracer = if repo.get_trace_read_requests() {
-            let path = repo.conf.trace_path(&tenant_id, &timeline_id, &timeline_id);
+            let path = repo
+                .conf
+                .trace_path(&tenant_id, &timeline_id, &ZTimelineId::generate());
             Some(Tracer::new(path))
         } else {
             None
diff --git a/test_runner/performance/test_trace_replay.py b/test_runner/performance/test_trace_replay.py
index 604a008335..75213a4abf 100644
--- a/test_runner/performance/test_trace_replay.py
+++ b/test_runner/performance/test_trace_replay.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from contextlib import closing
+
 from fixtures.neon_fixtures import NeonEnvBuilder, ReplayBin
 
 
@@ -10,15 +12,30 @@ def test_trace_replay(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, replay_bin: ReplayBin):
             "trace_read_requests": "true",
         }
     )
-    timeline = env.neon_cli.create_timeline("test_trace_replay", tenant_id=tenant)
+    env.neon_cli.create_timeline("test_trace_replay", tenant_id=tenant)
     pg = env.postgres.create_start("test_trace_replay", "main", tenant)
 
+    pg.safe_psql("select 1;")
+    pg.safe_psql("select 1;")
+    pg.safe_psql("select 1;")
     pg.safe_psql("select 1;")
 
-    trace_path = env.repo_dir / "traces" / str(tenant) / str(timeline) / str(timeline)
-    assert trace_path.exists()
+    with closing(pg.connect()) as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute("create table t (i integer);")
+            cur.execute(f"insert into t values (generate_series(1,{10000}));")
+            cur.execute("select count(*) from t;")
+
+    # Stop pg so we drop the connection and flush the traces
+    pg.stop()
+
+    # TODO turn off tracing now?
+
+    # trace_path = env.repo_dir / "traces" / str(tenant) / str(timeline) / str(timeline)
+    # assert trace_path.exists()
 
     print("replaying")
-    ps_connstr = env.pageserver.connstr().replace("'", "\\'")
+    ps_connstr = env.pageserver.connstr()
+    # ps_connstr = "host=localhost port=15004 dbname=postgres user=neon_admin"
     output = replay_bin.replay_all(ps_connstr)
     print(output)