diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
index 316d1741..d2e96d3f 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
     extra_hosts:
     - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
 
-  # Initializes and runs the L2 execution client
+  # Initializes and runs the L2 execution client  (outputs to volume l2_geth_data)
   op-geth:
     image: cerc/optimism-l2geth:local
     depends_on:
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ services:
       - ../config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh:/run-op-geth.sh
       - l2_config:/op-node:ro
       - l2_accounts:/l2-accounts:ro
+      - l2_geth_data:/datadir
     entrypoint: "sh"
     command: "/run-op-geth.sh"
     ports:
@@ -112,3 +113,4 @@ volumes:
   l1_deployment:
   l2_accounts:
   l2_config:
+  l2_geth_data:
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/generate-l2-config.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/generate-l2-config.sh
index 0ec60a08..9e4b53fd 100755
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/generate-l2-config.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/generate-l2-config.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
   set -x
 fi
 
+# Skip if /app/jwt.txt exists
+if [ -f /app/jwt.txt ]; then
+  echo "Found existing config, exiting"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 op-node genesis l2 \
   --deploy-config /contracts-bedrock/deploy-config/getting-started.json \
   --deployment-dir /contracts-bedrock/deployments/getting-started/ \
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
index 055f31f0..7f50dfbc 100755
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
@@ -4,34 +4,39 @@ if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
   set -x
 fi
 
-mkdir datadir
-
-echo "pwd" > datadir/password
-
 # TODO: Add in container build or use other tool
 echo "Installing jq"
 apk update && apk add jq
 
-# Get SEQUENCER KEY from keys.json
-SEQUENCER_KEY=$(jq -r '.Sequencer.privateKey' /l2-accounts/keys.json | tr -d '"')
-echo $SEQUENCER_KEY > datadir/block-signer-key
+# Initialize op-geth if datadir/geth not found
+if [ -f /op-node/jwt.txt ] && [ -d datadir/geth ]; then
+  echo "Found existing datadir, skipping initialization"
+else
+  echo "Initializing op-geth"
 
-geth account import --datadir=datadir --password=datadir/password datadir/block-signer-key
+  mkdir datadir
+  echo "pwd" > datadir/password
 
-while [ ! -f "/op-node/jwt.txt" ]
-do
-  echo "Config files not created. Checking after 5 seconds."
-  sleep 5
-done
+  # Get SEQUENCER KEY from keys.json
+  SEQUENCER_KEY=$(jq -r '.Sequencer.privateKey' /l2-accounts/keys.json | tr -d '"')
+  echo $SEQUENCER_KEY > datadir/block-signer-key
 
-echo "Config files created by op-node, proceeding with script..."
+  geth account import --datadir=datadir --password=datadir/password datadir/block-signer-key
 
-cp /op-node/genesis.json ./
-geth init --datadir=datadir genesis.json
+  while [ ! -f "/op-node/jwt.txt" ]
+  do
+    echo "Config files not created. Checking after 5 seconds."
+    sleep 5
+  done
+
+  echo "Config files created by op-node, proceeding with the initialization..."
+
+  geth init --datadir=datadir /op-node/genesis.json
+  echo "Node Initialized"
+fi
 
 SEQUENCER_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.Sequencer.address' /l2-accounts/keys.json | tr -d '"')
 echo "SEQUENCER_ADDRESS: ${SEQUENCER_ADDRESS}"
-cp /op-node/jwt.txt ./
 
 # Run op-geth
 geth \
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ geth \
   --authrpc.vhosts="*" \
   --authrpc.addr=0.0.0.0 \
   --authrpc.port=8551 \
-  --authrpc.jwtsecret=./jwt.txt \
+  --authrpc.jwtsecret=/op-node/jwt.txt \
   --rollup.disabletxpoolgossip=true \
   --password=./datadir/password \
   --allow-insecure-unlock \