diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
index 997063db..9663e7f0 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ services:
     image: cerc/laconicd:local
     command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
     volumes:
-      # TODO: look at folding this script into the container
+      # TODO: look at folding these scripts into the container
       - ../config/fixturenet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh
+      - ../config/fixturenet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/export-mykey.sh
     # TODO: determine which of the ports below is really needed
     ports:
       - "6060"
@@ -18,4 +19,7 @@ services:
       - "9090"
       - "9091"
       - "1317"
-
+  cli:
+    image: cerc/laconic-registry-cli:local
+    volumes:
+      - ../config/fixturenet-laconicd/registry-cli-config-template.yml:/registry-cli-config-template.yml
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a5be86e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo y | laconicd keys export mykey --unarmored-hex --unsafe
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-laconicd/registry-cli-config-template.yml b/app/data/config/fixturenet-laconicd/registry-cli-config-template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6074cc6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-laconicd/registry-cli-config-template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+services:
+  cns:
+    restEndpoint: 'http://laconicd:1317'
+    gqlEndpoint: 'http://laconicd:9473/api'
+    userKey: REPLACE_WITH_MYKEY
+    bondId:
+    chainId: laconic_9000-1
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/Dockerfile
index ba22a5c9..cef3b36f 100644
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/Dockerfile
@@ -51,4 +51,10 @@ RUN npm config set @lirewine:registry ${CERC_NPM_URL} \
 # Globally install the cli package
 RUN yarn global add @cerc-io/laconic-registry-cli
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["laconic"]
+# Add scripts
+RUN mkdir /scripts
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/scripts"
+COPY ./import-key.sh /scripts
+
+# Default command sleeps forever so docker doesn't kill it
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "while :; do sleep 600; done"]
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/import-key.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/import-key.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bafec4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/import-key.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sed 's/REPLACE_WITH_MYKEY/'${1}'/' registry-cli-config-template.yml > config.yml
diff --git a/app/deploy_system.py b/app/deploy_system.py
index 2d58967e..7001236f 100644
--- a/app/deploy_system.py
+++ b/app/deploy_system.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, cluster, command, extra_args):
                 print("Usage: exec <service> <cmd>")
                 sys.exit(1)
             service_name = extra_args_list[0]
-            command_to_exec = extra_args_list[1:]
+            command_to_exec = ["sh", "-c"] + extra_args_list[1:]
             container_exec_env = _make_runtime_env(ctx.obj)
             if verbose:
                 print(f"Running compose exec {service_name} {command_to_exec}")