diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile b/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
index 1ca8e1f..212e35d 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ COPY --from=fnetgen /opt/genesis /opt/testnet
 COPY --from=statediff  /usr/local/lib/statediff.so /usr/local/lib/plugeth/
 
 # Initialize the geth db with our config
-RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
+RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata --state.scheme hash \
+    init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && \
+    rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/testnet/run.sh"]