diff --git a/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh b/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
index 9b06ced..d349797 100755
--- a/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
+++ b/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fi
 # Initialize geth from our generated L2 genesis file (if not already initialized)
 data_dir="/datadir"
 if [ ! -d "$datadir/geth" ]; then
-  geth init --datadir=$data_dir $l2_genesis_file
+  geth init --datadir=$data_dir --state.scheme=hash $l2_genesis_file
 fi
 
 # Start op-geth
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ geth \
   --ws.origins="*" \
   --ws.api=debug,eth,txpool,net,engine \
   --syncmode=full \
+  --state.scheme=hash \
   --gcmode=archive \
   --nodiscover \
   --maxpeers=0 \