diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
index 7e9f437f..43578682 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-lotus.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
     image: cerc/lotus:local
     volumes:
       - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-miner.sh
+      - ../config/fixturenet-lotus/fund-account.sh:/fund-account.sh
       - lotus_miner_params:/var/tmp/filecoin-proof-parameters
       - lotus-shared:/root/.lotus-shared
     entrypoint: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/setup-miner.sh"]
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/fund-account.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/fund-account.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..713134fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/fund-account.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# ETH account with pk c05fd3613bcd62a4f25e5eba1f464d0b76d74c3f771a7c2f13e26ad6439444b3
+ETH_ADDRESS=0xD375B03bd3A2434A9f675bEC4Ccd68aC5e67C743
+AMOUNT=1000
+
+# Pre-fund stat
+PREFUND_STAT_OUTPUT=$(lotus evm stat $ETH_ADDRESS)
+
+FILECOIN_ADDRESS=$(echo "$PREFUND_STAT_OUTPUT" | grep -oP 'Filecoin address:\s+\K\S+')
+echo Filecoin address: "$FILECOIN_ADDRESS"
+
+echo Sending balance to "$FILECOIN_ADDRESS"
+lotus send --from $(lotus wallet default) "$FILECOIN_ADDRESS" $AMOUNT
+
+# Post-fund stat
+echo lotus evm stat $ETH_ADDRESS
+lotus evm stat $ETH_ADDRESS
+
+echo "Account with ETH address $ETH_ADDRESS funded"
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
index 08fd45cf..68dd5f57 100644
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-miner.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ nohup lotus daemon --lotus-make-genesis=devgen.car --profile=bootstrapper --gene
 # 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
+  sleep 5
 done
 echo "Daemon started."
 
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ lotus net listen | awk 'NR==2{print}' > /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr
 if [ ! -d $LOTUS_MINER_PATH ]; then
   # initialize miner
   lotus wallet import --as-default ~/.genesis-sectors/pre-seal-t01000.key
+
+  # fund a known account for usage
+  /fund-account.sh
+
   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
 fi
 
diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
index 98862081..dc3392fe 100644
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-lotus/setup-node.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lotus --version
 # Loop until the daemon is started
 echo "Waiting for miner to share peering info..."
 while [ ! -f /root/.lotus-shared/miner.addr ]; do
-    sleep 5
+  sleep 5
 done
 echo "Resuming..."