diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile
index a7671d50..51dbbcd4 100644
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ FROM skylenet/ethereum-genesis-generator@sha256:210353ce7c898686bc5092f16c61220a
 FROM golang:1.18-alpine as delve
 RUN go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest
 
-FROM cerc/go-ethereum:local
+FROM cerc/go-ethereum:local as geth
+
+FROM alpine:latest
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3 python3-dev py3-pip curl wget jq build-base gettext libintl openssl bash bind-tools postgresql-client
 
-COPY --from=delve  /go/bin/dlv /
-COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis
-COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools
+COPY --from=delve  /go/bin/dlv /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=ethgen /apps /apps
 
 RUN cd /apps/el-gen && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ COPY run-el.sh /opt/testnet/run.sh
 
 RUN cd /opt/testnet && make genesis-el
 
+COPY --from=geth  /usr/local/bin/geth /usr/local/bin/
 RUN geth init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/.ethereum/geth/nodekey
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/testnet/run.sh"]
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
index 7216ca0d..c2f2364c 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ python3 -m http.server 9898 &
 cd $HOME_DIR
 
 START_CMD="geth"
-if [ "true" == "$CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG" ] && [ -x "/dlv" ]; then
-    START_CMD="/dlv --listen=:40000 --headless=true --api-version=2 --accept-multiclient exec /usr/local/bin/geth --continue --"
+if [ "true" == "$CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG" ] && [ -x "/usr/local/bin/dlv" ]; then
+    START_CMD="/usr/local/bin/dlv --listen=:40000 --headless=true --api-version=2 --accept-multiclient exec /usr/local/bin/geth --continue --"
 fi
 
 if [ "true" == "$RUN_BOOTNODE" ]; then
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ else
       --http \
       --http.addr="0.0.0.0" \
       --http.vhosts="*" \
-      --http.api="eth,web3,net,admin,personal" \
+      --http.api="eth,web3,net,admin,personal,debug,statediff" \
       --http.corsdomain="*" \
       --authrpc.addr="0.0.0.0" \
       --authrpc.vhosts="*" \
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ else
       --syncmode=full \
       --mine \
       --miner.threads=1 \
-      --verbosity=5 \
+      --metrics \
+      --verbosity=${CERC_GETH_VERBOSITY:-3} \
+      --vmodule="${CERC_GETH_VMODULE:-statediff/*=6}" \
       --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" ${STATEDIFF_OPTS}
 fi