diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
index b28caf9..b728de4 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   ```bash
   laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/fixturenet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd setup-repositories
   ```
+
 * Build the container images:
 
   ```bash
@@ -48,12 +49,15 @@
   laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/fixturenet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd deploy create --spec-file  fixturenet-laconicd-spec.yml --deployment-dir fixturenet-laconicd-deployment
   ```
 
-* Copy over the published testnet genesis file (`.json`) to data directory in deployment (`fixturenet-laconicd-deployment/data/laconicd-data/tmp`):
+## Configuration
+
+* Inside the deployment directory, open `config.env` file and set following env variables:
 
   ```bash
-  # Example
-  mkdir -p fixturenet-laconicd-deployment/data/laconicd-data/tmp
-  cp genesis.json fixturenet-laconicd-deployment/data/laconicd-data/tmp/genesis.json
+  # Optional(default: false)
+  TEST_AUCTION_ENABLED=
+
+  TEST_REGISTRY_EXPIRY=
   ```
 
 ## Start the deployment
@@ -74,14 +78,6 @@ laconic-so deployment --dir fixturenet-laconicd-deployment start
   laconic-so deployment --dir fixturenet-laconicd-deployment logs laconicd -f
   ```
 
-* Check the sync status of your node:
-
-  ```bash
-  laconic-so deployment --dir fixturenet-laconicd-deployment exec laconicd "laconicd status | jq .sync_info"
-
-  # `catching_up: false` indicates that node is completely synced
-  ```
-
 ## Clean up
 
 * Stop all services running in the background: