diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-bsc-node.yml b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-bsc-node.yml
index da6133b..3a971d6 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-bsc-node.yml
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-bsc-node.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       CERC_BSC_NETWORK: ${CERC_BSC_NETWORK:-mainnet}
+      CERC_GETH_GCMODE: ${CERC_GETH_GCMODE:-full}
+      CERC_GETH_VERBOSITY: ${CERC_GETH_VERBOSITY:-3}
     volumes:
       - ../config/docker-entrypoint.sh:/bsc/docker-entrypoint.sh
       - data:/data
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/config/docker-entrypoint.sh b/stack-orchestrator/config/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 4e1a243..c9a000a 100755
--- a/stack-orchestrator/config/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/config/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,14 @@ fi
 # Init genesis state if geth sub dir does not exist
 GETH_DIR=${DATA_DIR}/geth
 if [ ! -d "$GETH_DIR" ]; then
+  STATE_SCHEME_OPTS=""
+  if [ "$CERC_GETH_GCMODE" = "archive" ]; then
+    # Archive mode only works with state.scheme set to hash
+    STATE_SCHEME_OPTS="--state.scheme=hash"
+  fi
+
   echo Initializing geth...
-  geth --datadir ${DATA_DIR} init ${BSC_GENESIS}
+  geth --datadir ${DATA_DIR} ${STATE_SCHEME_OPTS} init ${BSC_GENESIS}
   echo Initialization done
 fi
 
@@ -37,4 +43,8 @@ exec "geth" \
   --ws.addr="0.0.0.0" \
   --ws.port 8546 \
   --ws.origins="*" \
+  --gcmode=${CERC_GETH_GCMODE} \
+  --verbosity=${CERC_GETH_VERBOSITY} \
+  --metrics \
+  --metrics.addr="0.0.0.0" \
   "$@"