diff --git a/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml b/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml
index e639ecd..0fe8b2e 100644
--- a/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml
+++ b/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
             cmd: "CHAIN_ID={{ cerc_chain_id }} EARLY_SUPPORTS_ACC_ADDRESS={{ early_supports_acc_address }} ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/testnet-state.json"
       always:
         - name: Clean up temporary genesis directory
-          become: true
           ansible.builtin.file:
             path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/cerc/laconicd-stack/playbooks/first-validator/mainnet-genesis"
             state: absent
@@ -38,3 +37,7 @@
     - name: Display genesis file location
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "Mainnet genesis file generated at output/genesis.json"
+
+    - name: Display staking-amount file location
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Staking amount written to output/staking-amount.json"
diff --git a/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh b/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh
index a2ddc8e..f20b615 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ docker run \
   cerc/laconicd:local bash -c "/scripts/genesis.sh"
 
 # Copy over the genesis file to output folder
-OUTPUT_DIR=output
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
 cp ./$MAINNET_GENESIS_DIR/config/genesis.json $OUTPUT_DIR/genesis.json
 
 # TODO: chown the output dir to user
@@ -67,4 +65,4 @@ echo "Genesis file for mainnet written to $OUTPUT_DIR/genesis.json"
 # --------
 
 # Clean up
-echo "Please remove the temporary data directory: sudo rm -rf $MAINNET_GENESIS_DIR"
+rm -rf $MAINNET_GENESIS_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/init-mainnet.sh b/scripts/init-mainnet.sh
index 1e8d9d8..a6a0c01 100755
--- a/scripts/init-mainnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/init-mainnet.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ set -u
 
 CHAIN_ID=${CHAIN_ID:-"laconic-mainnet"}
 MONIKER=${MONIKER:-"mainnet-node"}
+NODE_HOME="/root/.laconicd"
 
 laconicd config set client chain-id $CHAIN_ID
 laconicd init $MONIKER --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --default-denom alnt
+
+# Allow all permissions to process further
+chmod -R 777 $NODE_HOME/data $NODE_HOME/config