diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/optimism-contracts/run.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/optimism-contracts/run.sh
index c01f9246..d878c03f 100755
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/optimism-contracts/run.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/optimism-contracts/run.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ else
   echo "Couldn't fetch L1 account credentials, using them from env"
 fi
 
+# Send balances to the above L2 addresses
+yarn hardhat send-balance --to "${ADMIN_ADDRESS}" --amount 2 --private-key "${CERC_L1_PRIV_KEY}" --network getting-started
+yarn hardhat send-balance --to "${PROPOSER_ADDRESS}" --amount 5 --private-key "${CERC_L1_PRIV_KEY}" --network getting-started
+yarn hardhat send-balance --to "${BATCHER_ADDRESS}" --amount 1000 --private-key "${CERC_L1_PRIV_KEY}" --network getting-started
+
+echo "Balances sent to L2 accounts"
+
 # Select a finalized L1 block as the starting point for roll ups
 until FINALIZED_BLOCK=$(cast block finalized --rpc-url "$CERC_L1_RPC"); do
     echo "Waiting for a finalized L1 block to exist, retrying after 10s"
@@ -88,13 +95,6 @@ L1_BLOCKTIMESTAMP=$(echo "$FINALIZED_BLOCK" | awk '/timestamp/{print $2}')
 
 echo "Selected L1 block ${L1_BLOCKNUMBER} as the starting block for roll ups"
 
-# Send balances to the above L2 addresses
-yarn hardhat send-balance --to "${ADMIN_ADDRESS}" --amount 2 --private-key "${CERC_L1_PRIV_KEY}" --network getting-started
-yarn hardhat send-balance --to "${PROPOSER_ADDRESS}" --amount 5 --private-key "${CERC_L1_PRIV_KEY}" --network getting-started
-yarn hardhat send-balance --to "${BATCHER_ADDRESS}" --amount 1000 --private-key "${CERC_L1_PRIV_KEY}" --network getting-started
-
-echo "Balances sent to L2 accounts"
-
 # Update the deployment config
 sed -i 's/"l2OutputOracleStartingTimestamp": TIMESTAMP/"l2OutputOracleStartingTimestamp": '"$L1_BLOCKTIMESTAMP"'/g' deploy-config/getting-started.json
 jq --arg chainid "$CERC_L1_CHAIN_ID" '.l1ChainID = ($chainid | tonumber)' deploy-config/getting-started.json > tmp.json && mv tmp.json deploy-config/getting-started.json
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-batcher.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-batcher.sh
index f128be66..18955545 100755
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-batcher.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-batcher.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ op-batcher \
   --rpc.port=8548 \
   --rpc.enable-admin \
   --max-channel-duration=1 \
-  --target-l1-tx-size-bytes=2048 \
   --l1-eth-rpc=$CERC_L1_RPC \
   --private-key=$BATCHER_KEY \
   &
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
index 3cdfe0ef..8b521f85 100755
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-optimism/run-op-geth.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ geth \
   --ws.origins="*" \
   --ws.api=debug,eth,txpool,net,engine \
   --syncmode=full \
-  --gcmode=full \
+  --gcmode=archive \
   --nodiscover \
   --maxpeers=0 \
   --networkid=42069 \