diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96f02e19..4cefb254 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ db/migrations/20*.sql
 plugins/*.so
 postgraphile/*.toml
 postgraphile/schema.graphql
+vulcanizedb.pem
diff --git a/cmd/streamSubscribe.go b/cmd/streamSubscribe.go
index 4bece647..63059883 100644
--- a/cmd/streamSubscribe.go
+++ b/cmd/streamSubscribe.go
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func streamSubscribe() {
-	log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 	// Prep the subscription config/filters to be sent to the server
 	subscriptionConfig()
 
diff --git a/cmd/syncPublishScreenAndServe.go b/cmd/syncPublishScreenAndServe.go
index 6da80263..1288a3a4 100644
--- a/cmd/syncPublishScreenAndServe.go
+++ b/cmd/syncPublishScreenAndServe.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func syncPublishScreenAndServe() {
 	log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
 	blockChain, ethClient, rpcClient := getBlockChainAndClients()
 
 	db := utils.LoadPostgres(databaseConfig, blockChain.Node())
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func syncPublishScreenAndServe() {
 	var wsEndpoint string
 	wsEndpoint = viper.GetString("server.wsEndpoint")
 	if wsEndpoint == "" {
-		wsEndpoint = "127.0.0.1:2019"
+		wsEndpoint = "127.0.0.1:80"
 	}
 	_, _, err = rpc.StartWSEndpoint(wsEndpoint, processor.APIs(), []string{"vulcanizedb"}, nil, true)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/dockerfiles/seed_node/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/seed_node/Dockerfile
index 3675fb19..fc809234 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/seed_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/seed_node/Dockerfile
@@ -1,28 +1,37 @@
 FROM golang:alpine as builder
 
-RUN apk --update --no-cache add make git g++
+RUN apk --update --no-cache add dep make git g++ linux-headers
 # DEBUG
 RUN apk add busybox-extras
 
-# Build statically linked vDB binary (wonky path because of Dep)
+# Get and build vulcanizedb syncAndPublish fork
+RUN go get -u -d github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb
-ADD . .
-RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' .
+RUN git checkout syncAndPublish
+RUN dep ensure
+RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o vulcanizedb .
 
-# Build statically linked IPFS binary (statically linked and wonky path because we need to use custom fork)
+# Get and build vulcanize's go-ipfs fork
+RUN go get -u -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
-ADD . .
-RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' .
+RUN git remote add vulcanize https://github.com/vulcanize/go-ipfs.git
+RUN git fetch vulcanize
+RUN git checkout -b pg_ipfs vulcanize/postgres_update
+RUN dep ensure
+RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ipfs ./cmd/ipfs
 
-# Build statically linked Geth binary (statically linked and wonky path because we need to use custom fork)
+# Get and build vulcanize's geth fork
+RUN go get -u -d github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
-ADD . .
-RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' .
+RUN git remote add vulcanize https://github.com/vulcanize/go-ethereum.git
+RUN git fetch vulcanize
+RUN git checkout -b statediff_geth vulcanize/rpc_statediffing
+RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o geth ./cmd/geth
 
 # Build migration tool
 RUN go get -u -d github.com/pressly/goose/cmd/goose
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/pressly/goose/cmd/goose
-RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -tags='no_mysql no_sqlite' -o goose
+RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -tags='no_mysql no_sqlite' -o goose .
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb
 
@@ -31,16 +40,21 @@ FROM alpine
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ARG USER
-ARG config_file=environments/example.toml
-ARG vdb_command=syncPublishScreenAndServe
-ARG vdb_pg_connect="postgres://$USER@/vulcanize_public?sslmode=disable"
+ARG config_file=environments/syncPublishScreenAndServe.toml
 ARG vdb_dbname="vulcanize_public"
+ARG vdb_hostname="localhost"
+ARG vdb_port="5432"
+ARG vdb_user="postgres"
+ARG vdb_password
 
 # setup environment
-ENV VDB_COMMAND="$vdb_command"
-ENV VDB_PG_CONNECT="$vdb_pg_connect"
+ENV VDB_PG_NAME="$vdb_dbname"
+ENV VDB_PG_HOSTNAME="$vdb_hostname"
+ENV VDB_PG_PORT="$vdb_port"
+ENV VDB_PG_USER="$vdb_user"
+ENV VDB_PG_PASSWORD="$vdb_password"
 
-RUN adduser -Du 5000 $USER
+RUN adduser -D 5000 $USER
 USER $USER
 
 # chown first so dir is writable
@@ -52,10 +66,12 @@ COPY --chown=5000:5000 --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/d
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/vulcanizedb vulcanizedb
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/pressly/goose/cmd/goose/goose goose
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/db/migrations migrations/vulcanizedb
-COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs ipfs
-COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum geth
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/ipfs ipfs
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/geth geth
 
 # DEBUG
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/telnet /bin/telnet
 
+EXPOSE 80
+
 CMD ["./startup_script.sh"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/seed_node/startup_script.sh b/dockerfiles/seed_node/startup_script.sh
index de8dac96..cacc1ce1 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/seed_node/startup_script.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/seed_node/startup_script.sh
@@ -1,37 +1,71 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Runs the migrations and starts the syncPublishScreenAndServe service
+#!/bin/sh
+# Runs the db migrations and starts the seed node services
 
 # Exit if the variable tests fail
 set -e
 
 # Check the database variables are set
-test $DATABASE_NAME
-test $DATABASE_HOSTNAME
-test $DATABASE_PORT
-test $DATABASE_USER
-test $DATABASE_PASSWORD
-
-# Export our database variables so that the IPFS Postgres plugin can use them
-export IPFS_PGHOST=$DATABASE_HOSTNAME
-export IPFS_PGUSER=$DATABASE_USER
-export IPFS_PGDATABASE=$DATABASE_NAME
-export IPFS_PGPORT=$DATABASE_PORT
-export IPFS_PGPASSWORD=$DATABASE_PASSWORD
-
-# Construct the connection string for postgres
-CONNECT_STRING=postgresql://$DATABASE_USER:$DATABASE_PASSWORD@$DATABASE_HOSTNAME:$DATABASE_PORT/$DATABASE_NAME?sslmode=disable
-echo "Connecting with: $CONNECT_STRING"
-
+test $VDB_PG_NAME
+test $VDB_PG_HOSTNAME
+test $VDB_PG_PORT
+test $VDB_PG_USER
 set +e
 
+# Export our database variables so that the IPFS Postgres plugin can use them
+export IPFS_PGHOST=$VDB_PG_HOSTNAME
+export IPFS_PGUSER=$VDB_PG_USER
+export IPFS_PGDATABASE=$VDB_PG_NAME
+export IPFS_PGPORT=$VDB_PG_PORT
+export IPFS_PGPASSWORD=$VDB_PG_PASSWORD
+
+# Construct the connection string for postgres
+VDB_PG_CONNECT=postgresql://$VDB_PG_USER:$VDB_PG_PASSWORD@$VDB_PG_HOSTNAME:$VDB_PG_PORT/$VDB_PG_NAME?sslmode=disable
+
 # Run the DB migrations
-./goose postgres "$CONNECT_STRING" up
+echo "Connecting with: $VDB_PG_CONNECT"
+echo "Running database migrations"
+./goose -dir migrations/vulcanizedb postgres "$VDB_PG_CONNECT" up
+
+# If the db migrations ran without err
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-  # Fire up the services
-  ipfs ipfs init --profile=postgresds &
-  geth --statediff --statediff.streamblock --ws --syncmode=full &
-  ./vulcanizedb syncPublishScreenAndServe --config environments/seedNodeStaging.toml &
+    # Initialize PG-IPFS
+    echo "Initializing Postgres-IPFS profile"
+    ./ipfs init --profile=postgresds
 else
-  echo "Could not run migrations. Are the database details correct?"
+    echo "Could not run migrations. Are the database details correct?"
+    exit
 fi
+
+# If IPFS initialization was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    # Begin the state-diffing Geth process
+    echo "Beginning the state-diffing Geth process"
+    ./geth --statediff --statediff.streamblock --ws --syncmode=full 2>&1 | tee -a log.txt &
+    sleep 1
+else
+    echo "Could not initialize Postgres backed IPFS profile. Are the database details correct?"
+    exit
+fi
+
+# If Geth startup was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    # Wait until block synchronisation has begun
+    echo "Waiting for block synchronization to begin"
+    ( tail -f -n0 log.txt & ) | grep -q "Block synchronisation started" # this blocks til we see "Block synchronisation started"
+    # And then spin up the syncPublishScreenAndServe Vulcanizedb service
+    echo "Beginning the syncPublishScreenAndServe vulcanizedb process"
+    ./vulcanizedb syncPublishScreenAndServe --config=config.toml 2>&1 | tee -a log.txt &
+else
+    echo "Could not initialize Postgres backed IPFS profile. Are the database details correct?"
+    exit
+fi
+
+# If Vulcanizedb startup was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Seed node successfully booted"
+else
+    echo "Could not start vulcanizedb syncPublishScreenAndServe process. Is the config file correct?"
+    exit
+fi
+
 wait
diff --git a/environments/seedNodeSubscription.toml b/environments/seedNodeSubscription.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec208ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/seedNodeSubscription.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+[subscription]
+    path = "ws://127.0.0.1:80"
+    backfill = true
+    backfillOnly = false
+    startingBlock = 0
+    endingBlock = 0
+    [subscription.headerFilter]
+        off = false
+        finalOnly = true
+    [subscription.trxFilter]
+        off = false
+        src = [
+            "0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe",
+        ]
+        dst = [
+            "0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe",
+        ]
+    [subscription.receiptFilter]
+        off = false
+        topic0s = [
+            "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef",
+            "0x930a61a57a70a73c2a503615b87e2e54fe5b9cdeacda518270b852296ab1a377"
+        ]
+    [subscription.stateFilter]
+        off = false
+        addresses = [
+           "0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe"
+       ]
+       intermediateNodes = false
+    [subscription.storageFilter]
+        off = true
+        addresses = [
+            "",
+            ""
+        ]
+        storageKeys = [
+            "",
+            ""
+        ]
+        intermediateNodes = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/environments/syncPublishScreenAndServe.toml b/environments/syncPublishScreenAndServe.toml
index 5d234e40..002bae4b 100644
--- a/environments/syncPublishScreenAndServe.toml
+++ b/environments/syncPublishScreenAndServe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [database]
-    name     = "vulcanize_demo"
+    name     = "vulcanize_public"
     hostname = "localhost"
     port     = 5432
 
@@ -9,45 +9,4 @@
 
 [server]
     ipcPath = "/Users/iannorden/.vulcanize/vulcanize.ipc"
-    wsEndpoint = "127.0.0.1:2019"
-
-[subscription]
-    path = "ws://127.0.0.1:2019"
-    backfill = true
-    backfillOnly = false
-    startingBlock = 0
-    endingBlock = 0
-    [subscription.headerFilter]
-        off = false
-        finalOnly = true
-    [subscription.trxFilter]
-        off = false
-        src = [
-            "0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe",
-        ]
-        dst = [
-            "0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe",
-        ]
-    [subscription.receiptFilter]
-        off = false
-        topic0s = [
-            "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef",
-            "0x930a61a57a70a73c2a503615b87e2e54fe5b9cdeacda518270b852296ab1a377"
-        ]
-    [subscription.stateFilter]
-        off = false
-        addresses = [
-           "0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe"
-       ]
-       intermediateNodes = false
-    [subscription.storageFilter]
-        off = true
-        addresses = [
-            "",
-            ""
-        ]
-        storageKeys = [
-            "",
-            ""
-        ]
-        intermediateNodes = false
\ No newline at end of file
+    wsEndpoint = "127.0.0.1:80"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin/loader/loader.go b/vendor/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin/loader/loader.go
index 6194b2c0..b5a2d08e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin/loader/loader.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin/loader/loader.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ type PluginLoader struct {
 func NewPluginLoader(pluginDir string) (*PluginLoader, error) {
 	plMap := make(map[string]plugin.Plugin)
 	for _, v := range preloadPlugins {
-		println(v.Name())
 		plMap[v.Name()] = v
 	}