diff --git a/benchmarks/load_testing/activities.ex b/benchmarks/load_testing/activities.ex
index db0e5a66f..121d5c500 100644
--- a/benchmarks/load_testing/activities.ex
+++ b/benchmarks/load_testing/activities.ex
@@ -85,6 +85,48 @@ def generate(user, opts \\ []) do
     :ok
   end
 
+  def generate_power_intervals(opts \\ []) do
+    count = Keyword.get(opts, :count, 20)
+    power = Keyword.get(opts, :power, 2)
+    IO.puts("Generating #{count} intervals for a power #{power} series...")
+    counts = Enum.map(1..count, fn n -> :math.pow(n, power) end)
+    sum = Enum.sum(counts)
+
+    densities =
+      Enum.map(counts, fn c ->
+        c / sum
+      end)
+
+    densities
+    |> Enum.reduce(0, fn density, acc ->
+      if acc == 0 do
+        [{0, density}]
+      else
+        [{_, lower} | _] = acc
+        [{lower, lower + density} | acc]
+      end
+    end)
+    |> Enum.reverse()
+  end
+
+  def generate_tagged_activities(opts \\ []) do
+    tag_count = Keyword.get(opts, :tag_count, 20)
+    users = Keyword.get(opts, :users, Repo.all(Pleroma.User))
+    activity_count = Keyword.get(opts, :count, 200_000)
+
+    intervals = generate_power_intervals(count: tag_count)
+
+    IO.puts(
+      "Generating #{activity_count} activities using #{tag_count} different tags of format `tag_n`, starting at tag_0"
+    )
+
+    Enum.each(1..activity_count, fn _ ->
+      random = :rand.uniform()
+      i = Enum.find_index(intervals, fn {lower, upper} -> lower <= random && upper > random end)
+      CommonAPI.post(Enum.random(users), %{"status" => "a post with the tag #tag_#{i}"})
+    end)
+  end
+
   defp generate_long_thread(visibility, user, friends, non_friends, _opts) do
     group =
       if visibility == "public",
diff --git a/benchmarks/load_testing/helper.ex b/benchmarks/load_testing/helper.ex
index 23bbb1cec..cab60acb4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/load_testing/helper.ex
+++ b/benchmarks/load_testing/helper.ex
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.LoadTesting.Helper do
+  alias Ecto.Adapters.SQL
+  alias Pleroma.Repo
+
   def to_sec(microseconds), do: microseconds / 1_000_000
+
+  def clean_tables do
+    IO.puts("Deleting old data...\n")
+    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE users CASCADE;")
+    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE activities CASCADE;")
+    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE objects CASCADE;")
+    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE oban_jobs CASCADE;")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/benchmarks/load_testing/users.ex b/benchmarks/load_testing/users.ex
index 951b30d91..bc31dc08b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/load_testing/users.ex
+++ b/benchmarks/load_testing/users.ex
@@ -20,31 +20,31 @@ defmodule Pleroma.LoadTesting.Users do
   def generate(opts \\ []) do
     opts = Keyword.merge(@defaults, opts)
 
-    IO.puts("Starting generating #{opts[:users]} users...")
-
-    {time, _} = :timer.tc(fn -> generate_users(opts[:users]) end)
-
-    IO.puts("Generating users take #{to_sec(time)} sec.\n")
+    generate_users(opts[:users])
 
     main_user =
       Repo.one(from(u in User, where: u.local == true, order_by: fragment("RANDOM()"), limit: 1))
 
-    IO.puts("Starting making friends for #{opts[:friends]} users...")
-    {time, _} = :timer.tc(fn -> make_friends(main_user, opts[:friends]) end)
-
-    IO.puts("Making friends take #{to_sec(time)} sec.\n")
+    make_friends(main_user, opts[:friends])
 
     Repo.get(User, main_user.id)
   end
 
-  defp generate_users(max) do
-    Task.async_stream(
-      1..max,
-      &generate_user(&1),
-      max_concurrency: @max_concurrency,
-      timeout: 30_000
-    )
-    |> Stream.run()
+  def generate_users(max) do
+    IO.puts("Starting generating #{opts[:users]} users...")
+
+    {time, _} =
+      :timer.tc(fn ->
+        Task.async_stream(
+          1..max,
+          &generate_user(&1),
+          max_concurrency: @max_concurrency,
+          timeout: 30_000
+        )
+        |> Stream.run()
+      end)
+
+    IO.puts("Generating users take #{to_sec(time)} sec.\n")
   end
 
   defp generate_user(i) do
@@ -86,18 +86,25 @@ defp user_urls(%{local: false} = user) do
     Map.merge(user, urls)
   end
 
-  defp make_friends(main_user, max) when is_integer(max) do
-    number_of_users =
-      (max / 2)
-      |> Kernel.trunc()
+  def make_friends(main_user, max) when is_integer(max) do
+    IO.puts("Starting making friends for #{opts[:friends]} users...")
 
-    main_user
-    |> get_users(%{limit: number_of_users, local: :local})
-    |> run_stream(main_user)
+    {time, _} =
+      :timer.tc(fn ->
+        number_of_users =
+          (max / 2)
+          |> Kernel.trunc()
 
-    main_user
-    |> get_users(%{limit: number_of_users, local: :external})
-    |> run_stream(main_user)
+        main_user
+        |> get_users(%{limit: number_of_users, local: :local})
+        |> run_stream(main_user)
+
+        main_user
+        |> get_users(%{limit: number_of_users, local: :external})
+        |> run_stream(main_user)
+      end)
+
+    IO.puts("Making friends take #{to_sec(time)} sec.\n")
   end
 
   defp make_friends(%User{} = main_user, %User{} = user) do
diff --git a/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/benchmarks/tags.ex b/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/benchmarks/tags.ex
index fd1506907..657403202 100644
--- a/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/benchmarks/tags.ex
+++ b/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/benchmarks/tags.ex
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Benchmarks.Tags do
   use Mix.Task
-  alias Pleroma.Repo
-  alias Pleroma.LoadTesting.Generator
+
+  import Pleroma.LoadTesting.Helper, only: [clean_tables: 0]
   import Ecto.Query
 
+  alias Pleroma.Repo
+  alias Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.TimelineController
+
   def run(_args) do
     Mix.Pleroma.start_pleroma()
     activities_count = Repo.aggregate(from(a in Pleroma.Activity), :count, :id)
@@ -11,8 +14,8 @@ def run(_args) do
     if activities_count == 0 do
       IO.puts("Did not find any activities, cleaning and generating")
       clean_tables()
-      Generator.generate_users(users_max: 10)
-      Generator.generate_tagged_activities()
+      Pleroma.LoadTesting.Users.generate_users(10)
+      Pleroma.LoadTesting.Activities.generate_tagged_activities()
     else
       IO.puts("Found #{activities_count} activities, won't generate new ones")
     end
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ def run(_args) do
     Benchee.run(
       %{
         "Hashtag fetching, any" => fn tags ->
-          Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.TimelineController.hashtag_fetching(
+          TimelineController.hashtag_fetching(
             %{
               "any" => tags
             },
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ def run(_args) do
         end,
         # Will always return zero results because no overlapping hashtags are generated.
         "Hashtag fetching, all" => fn tags ->
-          Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.TimelineController.hashtag_fetching(
+          TimelineController.hashtag_fetching(
             %{
               "all" => tags
             },
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ def run(_args) do
     Benchee.run(
       %{
         "Hashtag fetching" => fn tag ->
-          Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.TimelineController.hashtag_fetching(
+          TimelineController.hashtag_fetching(
             %{
               "tag" => tag
             },
@@ -77,11 +80,4 @@ def run(_args) do
       time: 5
     )
   end
-
-  defp clean_tables do
-    IO.puts("Deleting old data...\n")
-    Ecto.Adapters.SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE users CASCADE;")
-    Ecto.Adapters.SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE activities CASCADE;")
-    Ecto.Adapters.SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE objects CASCADE;")
-  end
 end
diff --git a/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/load_testing.ex b/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/load_testing.ex
index 262300990..72b225f09 100644
--- a/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/load_testing.ex
+++ b/benchmarks/mix/tasks/pleroma/load_testing.ex
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.LoadTesting do
   use Mix.Task
   import Ecto.Query
+  import Pleroma.LoadTesting.Helper, only: [clean_tables: 0]
 
-  alias Ecto.Adapters.SQL
   alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.User
 
@@ -63,12 +63,4 @@ def run(args) do
 
     Pleroma.LoadTesting.Fetcher.run_benchmarks(user)
   end
-
-  defp clean_tables do
-    IO.puts("Deleting old data...\n")
-    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE users CASCADE;")
-    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE activities CASCADE;")
-    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE objects CASCADE;")
-    SQL.query!(Repo, "TRUNCATE oban_jobs CASCADE;")
-  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/mix/pleroma.ex b/lib/mix/pleroma.ex
index 3ad6edbfb..4dfcc32e7 100644
--- a/lib/mix/pleroma.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/pleroma.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Mix.Pleroma do
   @doc "Common functions to be reused in mix tasks"
   def start_pleroma do
+    Mix.Task.run("app.start")
     Application.put_env(:phoenix, :serve_endpoints, false, persistent: true)
 
     if Pleroma.Config.get(:env) != :test do