diff --git a/test-network.sh b/test-network.sh
index 5260577..a4c4eae 100755
--- a/test-network.sh
+++ b/test-network.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ DATA_ROOT="/tmp/waste-test"
 rm -rf "$DATA_ROOT"
 mkdir -p "$DATA_ROOT/bin"
 
+# Seed per-peer share directories with dummy files.
+mkdir -p "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share" "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share" "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share"
+echo "alice's notes"       > "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share/notes.txt"
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1K count=64 2>/dev/null | base64 > "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share/photo.jpg.b64"
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1K count=128 2>/dev/null | base64 > "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share/archive.tar.b64"
+echo -e "file1.mp3\nfile2.mp3" > "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share/playlist.m3u"
+echo "charlie's doc"       > "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share/document.txt"
+echo "#!/bin/sh"           > "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share/script.sh"
+
 # Kill any leftover processes from a previous run holding our fixed ports.
 for port in "$ANCHOR_PORT" "$ALICE_IPC" "$BOB_IPC" "$CHARLIE_IPC"; do
     pid=$(lsof -ti tcp:"$port" 2>/dev/null || true)
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ log "$ALICE_COLOR" "alice" "starting daemon (ipc :${ALICE_IPC})"
     -data-dir "$DATA_ROOT/alice" \
     -ipc-port "$ALICE_IPC" \
     -anchor "$ANCHOR_URL" \
-    -share-dir "/home/frejoh/Downloads/alice" \
+    -share-dir "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share" \
     2> >(while IFS= read -r l; do echo -e "${ALICE_COLOR}${DIM}[alice]  ${l}${RESET}"; done) &
 PIDS+=($!)
 
@@ -216,7 +225,7 @@ log "$BOB_COLOR" "bob" "starting daemon (ipc :${BOB_IPC})"
     -data-dir "$DATA_ROOT/bob" \
     -ipc-port "$BOB_IPC" \
     -anchor "$ANCHOR_URL" \
-    -share-dir "/home/frejoh/Downloads/bob" \
+    -share-dir "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share" \
     2> >(while IFS= read -r l; do echo -e "${BOB_COLOR}${DIM}[bob]    ${l}${RESET}"; done) &
 PIDS+=($!)
 
@@ -226,7 +235,7 @@ log "$CHARLIE_COLOR" "charlie" "starting daemon (ipc :${CHARLIE_IPC})"
     -data-dir "$DATA_ROOT/charlie" \
     -ipc-port "$CHARLIE_IPC" \
     -anchor "$ANCHOR_URL" \
-    -share-dir "/home/frejoh/Downloads/charlie" \
+    -share-dir "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share" \
     2> >(while IFS= read -r l; do echo -e "${CHARLIE_COLOR}${DIM}[charlie]${l}${RESET}"; done) &
 PIDS+=($!)
 
diff --git a/test-tui.sh b/test-tui.sh
index 764ba60..c58c5d5 100755
--- a/test-tui.sh
+++ b/test-tui.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ CYAN='\033[0;36m'; DIM='\033[2m'; BOLD='\033[1m'; RESET='\033[0m'
 rm -rf "$DATA_ROOT"
 mkdir -p "$DATA_ROOT/bin"
 
+# Seed per-peer share directories with dummy files.
+mkdir -p "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share" "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share" "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share"
+echo "alice's notes"       > "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share/notes.txt"
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1K count=64 2>/dev/null | base64 > "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share/photo.jpg.b64"
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1K count=128 2>/dev/null | base64 > "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share/archive.tar.b64"
+echo -e "file1.mp3\nfile2.mp3" > "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share/playlist.m3u"
+echo "charlie's doc"       > "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share/document.txt"
+echo "#!/bin/sh"           > "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share/script.sh"
+
 # Kill any leftover processes holding our fixed ports.
 for port in "$ANCHOR_PORT" "$ALICE_IPC" "$BOB_IPC" "$CHARLIE_IPC"; do
     pid=$(lsof -ti tcp:"$port" 2>/dev/null || true)
@@ -91,17 +100,17 @@ ANCHOR_URL="ws://127.0.0.1:${ANCHOR_PORT}/ws"
 # Daemons
 "$DATA_ROOT/bin/waste-daemon" -alias alice -data-dir "$DATA_ROOT/alice" \
     -ipc-port "$ALICE_IPC" -anchor "$ANCHOR_URL" \
-    -share-dir "/home/frejoh/Downloads/alice" 2>/dev/null &
+    -share-dir "$DATA_ROOT/alice/share" 2>/dev/null &
 PIDS+=($!)
 
 "$DATA_ROOT/bin/waste-daemon" -alias bob -data-dir "$DATA_ROOT/bob" \
     -ipc-port "$BOB_IPC" -anchor "$ANCHOR_URL" \
-    -share-dir "/home/frejoh/Downloads/bob" 2>/dev/null &
+    -share-dir "$DATA_ROOT/bob/share" 2>/dev/null &
 PIDS+=($!)
 
 "$DATA_ROOT/bin/waste-daemon" -alias charlie -data-dir "$DATA_ROOT/charlie" \
     -ipc-port "$CHARLIE_IPC" -anchor "$ANCHOR_URL" \
-    -share-dir "/home/frejoh/Downloads/charlie" 2>/dev/null &
+    -share-dir "$DATA_ROOT/charlie/share" 2>/dev/null &
 PIDS+=($!)
 
 wait_port "$ALICE_IPC"