diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18597ee52..0661d4721 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ install-sim: ## install storj-sim
 		storj.io/storj/cmd/versioncontrol \
 		storj.io/storj/cmd/uplink \
 		storj.io/storj/cmd/identity \
-		storj.io/storj/cmd/certificates
+		storj.io/storj/cmd/certificates \
+		storj.io/storj/cmd/multinode
 
 	## install exact version of storj/gateway
 	## TODO replace 'main' with 'latest' when gateway with multipart will be released
diff --git a/cmd/storj-sim/network.go b/cmd/storj-sim/network.go
index 4b917a2c9..07825fb2f 100644
--- a/cmd/storj-sim/network.go
+++ b/cmd/storj-sim/network.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const (
 	gatewayPeer         = 1
 	versioncontrolPeer  = 2
 	storagenodePeer     = 3
+	multinodePeer       = 5
 
 	// Endpoints.
 	publicRPC  = 0
@@ -620,6 +621,26 @@ func newNetwork(flags *Flags) (*Processes, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	{ // setup multinode
+		process := processes.New(Info{
+			Name:       fmt.Sprintf("multinode/%d", 0),
+			Executable: "multinode",
+			Directory:  filepath.Join(processes.Directory, "multinode", fmt.Sprint(0)),
+		})
+
+		process.Arguments = withCommon(process.Directory, Arguments{
+			"setup": {
+				"--identity-dir", process.Directory,
+				"--console.address", net.JoinHostPort(host, port(multinodePeer, 0, publicHTTP)),
+				"--console.static-dir", filepath.Join(storjRoot, "web/multinode/"),
+				"--debug.addr", net.JoinHostPort(host, port(multinodePeer, 0, debugHTTP)),
+			},
+			"run": {},
+		})
+
+		process.AddExtra("SETUP_ARGS", strings.Join(process.Arguments["setup"], " "))
+	}
+
 	{ // verify that we have all binaries
 		missing := map[string]bool{}
 		for _, process := range processes.List {
diff --git a/multinode/console/server/server.go b/multinode/console/server/server.go
index ae2e15f9c..6db5955fa 100644
--- a/multinode/console/server/server.go
+++ b/multinode/console/server/server.go
@@ -146,5 +146,5 @@ func (server *Server) initializeTemplates() (err error) {
 		server.log.Error("dist folder is not generated. use 'npm run build' command", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 
-	return err
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/scripts/test-sim-backwards.sh b/scripts/test-sim-backwards.sh
index 3403914f8..b46096be3 100755
--- a/scripts/test-sim-backwards.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-sim-backwards.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ if [ ! -f "$REDIS_CONFIG" ] ; then
     } >> "$REDIS_CONFIG"
 fi
 
+# setup multinode if config is missing
+MULTINODE_DIR=$(storj-sim network env MULTINODE_0_DIR)
+if [ ! -f "$MULTINODE_DIR/config.yaml" ]; then
+    identity --identity-dir $MULTINODE_DIR --concurrency 1 --difficulty 8 create .
+    multinode $(storj-sim --host "$STORJ_NETWORK_HOST4" network env MULTINODE_0_SETUP_ARGS)
+fi
+
 # keep half of the storage nodes on the old version
 ln "$RELEASE_DIR"/bin/storagenode "$(storj-sim network env STORAGENODE_0_DIR)"/storagenode
 ln "$RELEASE_DIR"/bin/storagenode "$(storj-sim network env STORAGENODE_1_DIR)"/storagenode