diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
index 85a5f624..9c99406d 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ services:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/devgen.car:/devgen.car
       - $HOME/stack-orchestrator/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/.genesis-sectors:/root/.genesis-sectors
       - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
-#      - lotus-local-net-shared:/root/.lotus-local-net
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "grep 'started ChainNotify channel' /var/log/lotus.log"]
+#      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "grep 'started ChainNotify channel' /var/log/lotus.log"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[ -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 10s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 30s
-#    depends_on:
-#      - fixturenet-lotus-bootnode
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 60s
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-miner.sh"]
     ports:
       - "1234"
@@ -35,22 +33,11 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/devgen.car:/devgen.car
-#      - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/.genesis-sectors:/root/.genesis-sectors
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.key:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.json:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.json
-#      - lotus-local-net-shared:/root/.lotus-local-net
       - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
-#    healthcheck:
-#      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
-#      interval: 30s
-#      timeout: 10s
-#      retries: 10
-#      start_period: 3s
     depends_on:
       lotus-miner:
         condition: service_healthy
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh"]
-#    entrypoint: ["lotus", "--version"]
     ports:
       - "1234"
       - "2345"
@@ -65,27 +52,16 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/devgen.car:/devgen.car
-#      - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/.genesis-sectors:/root/.genesis-sectors
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.key:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.json:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.json
-#      - lotus-local-net-shared:/root/.lotus-local-net
       - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
-#    healthcheck:
-#      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
-#      interval: 30s
-#      timeout: 10s
-#      retries: 10
-#      start_period: 3s
     depends_on:
       lotus-miner:
         condition: service_healthy
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh"]
-#    entrypoint: ["lotus", "--version"]
     ports:
       - "1234"
       - "2345"
       - "3456"
       - "1777"
 
-  volumes:
-    lotus-shared:
\ No newline at end of file
+volumes:
+  lotus-shared:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
index 3ef48dc9..e87fc1e1 100644
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 lotus --version
-#lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car --profile=bootstrapper --bootstrap=false > /var/log/lotus.log 2>&1
-#lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car --bootstrap=false
 
 nohup lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car --profile=bootstrapper --bootstrap=false > /var/log/lotus.log 2>&1 &
 
-# initialization check here
+# Loop until the daemon is started
+echo "Waiting for daemon to start..."
+while ! grep -q "started ChainNotify channel" /var/log/lotus.log ; do
+    sleep 5
+done
+echo "Daemon started."
+
+# if not already initialized
+if [ ! -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]; then
+  # initialize miner
+  lotus wallet import --as-default ~/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
+  lotus-miner init --genesis-miner --actor=t01000 --sector-size=2KiB --pre-sealed-sectors=~/.genesis-sectors --pre-sealed-metadata=~/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.json --nosync
+  
+  # publish miner address to shared volume
+  lotus net listen | awk 'NR==1{print}' > /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr
+fi
+
+nohup lotus-miner run --nosync &
+
+tail -f /dev/null
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
index fe9f17d2..0bcd4717 100644
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 lotus --version
-lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car
+
+##TODO: paths can use values from lotus-env.env file
+
+# if not already initialized
+if [ ! -f /root/.lotus-local-net/config.toml ]; then
+  # init node config
+  mkdir $HOME/.lotus-local-net
+  lotus config default > $HOME/.lotus-local-net/config.toml
+
+  # add bootstrap peer info if available
+  if [ -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]; then
+    MINER_ADDR=\"$(cat /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr)\"
+    # add bootstrap peer id to config file
+    sed -i "/^\[Libp2p\]/a \ \ BootstrapPeers = [$MINER_ADDR]" $HOME/.lotus-local-net/config.toml
+  else
+    echo "Bootstrap peer info not found, unable to configure. Manual peering will be required."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# start node
+lotus daemon --genesis=/devgen.car
diff --git a/build/lib/app/data/build_tag.txt b/build/lib/app/data/build_tag.txt
index f1a675f1..86b67fce 100644
--- a/build/lib/app/data/build_tag.txt
+++ b/build/lib/app/data/build_tag.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file should be re-generated running: scripts/create_build_tag_file.sh script
-1.1.0-882374a-202305060108
+1.1.0-a6a1399-202305092241
diff --git a/build/lib/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml b/build/lib/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
index b07784dd..9c99406d 100644
--- a/build/lib/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
+++ b/build/lib/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ services:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-miner.sh
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/devgen.car:/devgen.car
       - $HOME/stack-orchestrator/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/.genesis-sectors:/root/.genesis-sectors
-#      - lotus-local-net-shared:/root/.lotus-local-net
-    # healthcheck:
-    #   test: ["CMD-SHELL", "grep 'started ChainNotify channel' /var/log/lotus.log"]
-    #   interval: 10s
-    #   timeout: 10s
-    #   retries: 5
-    #   start_period: 30s
-#    depends_on:
-#      - fixturenet-lotus-bootnode
+      - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
+    healthcheck:
+#      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "grep 'started ChainNotify channel' /var/log/lotus.log"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[ -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 60s
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-miner.sh"]
     ports:
       - "1234"
@@ -34,20 +33,11 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/devgen.car:/devgen.car
-      - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/.genesis-sectors:/root/.genesis-sectors
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.key:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.json:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.json
-#      - lotus-local-net-shared:/root/.lotus-local-net
-#    healthcheck:
-#      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
-#      interval: 30s
-#      timeout: 10s
-#      retries: 10
-#      start_period: 3s
-#    depends_on:
-#      - fixturenet-lotus-1
+      - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
+    depends_on:
+      lotus-miner:
+        condition: service_healthy
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh"]
-#    entrypoint: ["lotus", "--version"]
     ports:
       - "1234"
       - "2345"
@@ -62,22 +52,16 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/devgen.car:/devgen.car
-      - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/genesis/.genesis-sectors:/root/.genesis-sectors
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.key:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
-#      - ./myscripts/pre-seal-t01000.json:/root/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.json
-#      - lotus-local-net-shared:/root/.lotus-local-net
-#    healthcheck:
-#      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
-#      interval: 30s
-#      timeout: 10s
-#      retries: 10
-#      start_period: 3s
-#    depends_on:
-#      - fixturenet-lotus-1
+      - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
+    depends_on:
+      lotus-miner:
+        condition: service_healthy
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-node.sh"]
-#    entrypoint: ["lotus", "--version"]
     ports:
       - "1234"
       - "2345"
       - "3456"
       - "1777"
+
+volumes:
+  lotus-shared:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh b/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
index 802ed8f5..e87fc1e1 100644
--- a/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
+++ b/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 lotus --version
-#lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car --profile=bootstrapper --bootstrap=false > /var/log/lotus.log 2>&1
-lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car --bootstrap=false
+
+nohup lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car --profile=bootstrapper --bootstrap=false > /var/log/lotus.log 2>&1 &
+
+# Loop until the daemon is started
+echo "Waiting for daemon to start..."
+while ! grep -q "started ChainNotify channel" /var/log/lotus.log ; do
+    sleep 5
+done
+echo "Daemon started."
+
+# if not already initialized
+if [ ! -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]; then
+  # initialize miner
+  lotus wallet import --as-default ~/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
+  lotus-miner init --genesis-miner --actor=t01000 --sector-size=2KiB --pre-sealed-sectors=~/.genesis-sectors --pre-sealed-metadata=~/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.json --nosync
+  
+  # publish miner address to shared volume
+  lotus net listen | awk 'NR==1{print}' > /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr
+fi
+
+nohup lotus-miner run --nosync &
+
+tail -f /dev/null
diff --git a/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh b/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
index fe9f17d2..0bcd4717 100644
--- a/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
+++ b/build/lib/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 lotus --version
-lotus daemon  --genesis=/devgen.car
+
+##TODO: paths can use values from lotus-env.env file
+
+# if not already initialized
+if [ ! -f /root/.lotus-local-net/config.toml ]; then
+  # init node config
+  mkdir $HOME/.lotus-local-net
+  lotus config default > $HOME/.lotus-local-net/config.toml
+
+  # add bootstrap peer info if available
+  if [ -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]; then
+    MINER_ADDR=\"$(cat /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr)\"
+    # add bootstrap peer id to config file
+    sed -i "/^\[Libp2p\]/a \ \ BootstrapPeers = [$MINER_ADDR]" $HOME/.lotus-local-net/config.toml
+  else
+    echo "Bootstrap peer info not found, unable to configure. Manual peering will be required."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# start node
+lotus daemon --genesis=/devgen.car