diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml b/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b6117661..00000000
--- a/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-version: "3.2"
-
-services:
-  migrations:
-    restart: on-failure
-    depends_on:
-      ipld-eth-db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    image: cerc/ipld-eth-db:local
-    environment:
-      DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
-      DATABASE_NAME: "cerc_testing"
-      DATABASE_PASSWORD: "password"
-      DATABASE_HOSTNAME: "ipld-eth-db"
-      DATABASE_PORT: 5432
-
-  ipld-eth-db:
-    image: timescale/timescaledb:latest-pg14
-    restart: always
-    command: ["postgres", "-c", "log_statement=all"]
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: "vdbm"
-      POSTGRES_DB: "cerc_testing"
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "5432"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 10
-      start_period: 3s
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:8077:5432"
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-db.yml b/compose/docker-compose-db.yml
index a984f7f0..fe7f4741 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-db.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-db.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
-# TODO: figure out if this is needed -- it doesn't seem to make sense in the context of the
-# current version of cerc/ipld-eth-db/Dockerfile, which is only the migrations code, not the DB itself
-# The sibling component docker-compose-db-sharding.yml looks more plausible
 version: "3.2"
+
 services:
-  ipld-eth-db:
-    restart: always
+  migrations:
+    restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      ipld-eth-db:
+        condition: service_healthy
     image: cerc/ipld-eth-db:local
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
+      DATABASE_NAME: "cerc_testing"
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: "password"
+      DATABASE_HOSTNAME: "ipld-eth-db"
+      DATABASE_PORT: 5432
+
+  ipld-eth-db:
+    image: timescale/timescaledb:latest-pg14
+    restart: always
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: "vdbm"
       POSTGRES_DB: "cerc_testing"
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "5432"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 3s
-      retries: 5
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 3s
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:8077:5432"
-    command: ["postgres", "-c", "log_statement=all"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml b/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml
index 00377d21..459fb2ee 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ services:
 
   fixturenet-eth-geth-2:
     hostname: fixturenet-eth-geth-2
+    environment:
+      CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF: "true"
+      CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID: 2
     env_file:
       - ../config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
     image: cerc/fixturenet-eth-geth:local
     depends_on:
+      - migrations
       - fixturenet-eth-bootnode-geth
 
   fixturenet-eth-bootnode-lighthouse:
diff --git a/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env b/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
index 8cb2bf4b..4467c543 100644
--- a/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
+++ b/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
@@ -7,4 +7,12 @@ ENODE="enode://af22c29c316ad069cf48a09a4ad5cf04a251b411e45098888d114c6dd7f489a13
 # JWT shared by geth and lighthouse for authentication.
 JWT="0x6cdcac3501046a08e186730dd8bd136cfaf0fdc1fc955f6e15ad3068c0ff2af0"
 
+# URL to download the ENR of the lighthouse bootnode (generated at first start).
 ENR_URL="http://fixturenet-eth-bootnode-lighthouse:3000/bootnode/enr.dat"
+
+# DB connection settings for statediffing (see docker-compose-db.yml)
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST="ipld-eth-db"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT=5432
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME="cerc_testing"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER="vdbm"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD="password"
diff --git a/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh b/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
index b6d0ce83..0d0a866b 100755
--- a/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
+++ b/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ else
     
     echo -n "$JWT" > /opt/testnet/build/el/jwtsecret
 
+    STATEDIFF_OPTS=""
+    if [ "$CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF" == "true" ]; then
+      STATEDIFF_OPTS="--statediff=true \
+      --statediff.db.host=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST \
+      --statediff.db.name=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME \
+      --statediff.db.nodeid=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID \
+      --statediff.db.password=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD \
+      --statediff.db.port=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT \
+      --statediff.db.user=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER \
+      --statediff.waitforsync=true \
+      --statediff.writing=true"
+    fi
+
     geth \
       --bootnodes="${ENODE}" \
       --allow-insecure-unlock \
@@ -28,7 +41,7 @@ else
       --authrpc.addr="0.0.0.0" \
       --authrpc.vhosts="*" \
       --authrpc.jwtsecret="/opt/testnet/build/el/jwtsecret" \
-      --networkid=${NETWORK_ID} \
+      --networkid="${NETWORK_ID}" \
       --netrestrict="${NETRESTRICT}" \
       --gcmode archive \
       --txlookuplimit=0 \
@@ -36,5 +49,5 @@ else
       --syncmode=full \
       --mine \
       --miner.threads=1 \
-      --miner.etherbase=${ETHERBASE} 2>&1 | tee /var/log/geth.log
+      --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" ${STATEDIFF_OPTS} 2>&1 | tee /var/log/geth.log
 fi
diff --git a/pod-list.txt b/pod-list.txt
index d07d3d08..6a363325 100644
--- a/pod-list.txt
+++ b/pod-list.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 contract
-db-sharding
+db
 eth-statediff-fill-service
 go-ethereum-foundry
 ipld-eth-beacon-db