diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env b/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
index 06e90b61..ea56e2ec 100644
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT=5432
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME="cerc_testing"
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER="vdbm"
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD="password"
-CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER:-23}
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER:-18}
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS="false"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS=2
 
 CERC_GETH_VMODULE="statediff/*=5,rpc/*=5"
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 9f6bf1f7..4c1a0ce1 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
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ else
       --statediff.db.logstatements=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS:-false} \
       --statediff.db.copyfrom=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_COPY_FROM:-true} \
       --statediff.waitforsync=true \
+      --statediff.workers=${CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS:-1} \
       --statediff.writing=true"
     fi