diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
index ddf7e290..c5804a14 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ services:
     command: "/run-op-geth.sh"
     ports:
       - "0.0.0.0:8545:8545"
-      - "0.0.0.0:8546:8546"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-vz", "localhost:8545"]
       interval: 30s
diff --git a/app/data/container-image-list.txt b/app/data/container-image-list.txt
index 256f0a6f..f6f2b612 100644
--- a/app/data/container-image-list.txt
+++ b/app/data/container-image-list.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ cerc/laconic-registry-cli
 cerc/laconic-console-host
 cerc/fixturenet-eth-geth
 cerc/fixturenet-eth-lighthouse
-cerc/fixturenet-eth-genesis
 cerc/watcher-ts
 cerc/watcher-mobymask
 cerc/watcher-erc20
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/stack.yml
index fce0f312..b07b3680 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/stack.yml
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/stack.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ version: "1.0"
 description: "MobyMask v3 stack"
 name: mobymask-v3
 repos:
-  - github.com/cerc-io/ts-nitro@v0.1.13
-  - github.com/cerc-io/watcher-ts@v0.2.63
-  - github.com/cerc-io/mobymask-v2-watcher-ts@v0.2.2
+  - github.com/cerc-io/ts-nitrov0.1.12
+  - github.com/cerc-io/watcher-ts@v0.2.57
+  - github.com/cerc-io/mobymask-v2-watcher-ts@v3 # TODO: Update after fixes
   - github.com/cerc-io/MobyMask@v0.1.3
-  - github.com/cerc-io/mobymask-ui@v0.2.1
+  - github.com/cerc-io/mobymask-ui@v0.2.0
 containers:
   - cerc/nitro-contracts
   - cerc/watcher-ts
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/watcher.md b/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/watcher.md
index c21fbab3..1aa63c1d 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/watcher.md
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mobymask-v3/watcher.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ laconic-so --stack mobymask-v3 build-containers --exclude cerc/mobymask-ui
 Create and update an env file to be used in the next step ([defaults](../../config/watcher-mobymask-v3/mobymask-params.env)):
 
   ```bash
-  # External ETH RPC endpoint for contract(s) deployment
+  # External ETH RPC endpoint (L2 Optimism geth)
   CERC_ETH_RPC_ENDPOINT=
 
   # External ETH RPC endpoint used for queries in the watcher
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ Create and update an env file to be used in the next step ([defaults](../../conf
   # External ETH RPC endpoint used for mutations in the watcher
   CERC_ETH_RPC_MUTATION_ENDPOINT=
 
-  # External ETH endpoint used by watcher's Nitro node
-  CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL=
-
   # Specify the an account PK for contract deployment
   CERC_PRIVATE_KEY_DEPLOYER=
 
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/package-registry/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/package-registry/stack.yml
index 9d75925f..33c6c939 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/package-registry/stack.yml
+++ b/app/data/stacks/package-registry/stack.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "1.1"
 name: package-registry
 description: "Local Package Registry"
 repos:
-  - github.com/cerc-io/hosting
+  - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/hosting
   - gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
 containers:
   - cerc/act-runner
diff --git a/app/deploy.py b/app/deploy.py
index 51749ff9..9298148a 100644
--- a/app/deploy.py
+++ b/app/deploy.py
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ import copy
 import os
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from decouple import config
 from importlib import resources
 import subprocess
 from python_on_whales import DockerClient, DockerException
 import click
 from pathlib import Path
-from app.util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options2
+from app.util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options2, get_dev_root_path
 from app.deploy_types import ClusterContext, DeployCommandContext
 from app.deployment_create import create as deployment_create
 from app.deployment_create import init as deployment_init
@@ -235,17 +234,15 @@ def _make_runtime_env(ctx):
 # stack has to be either PathLike pointing to a stack yml file, or a string with the name of a known stack
 def _make_cluster_context(ctx, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file):
 
-    if ctx.local_stack:
-        dev_root_path = os.getcwd()[0:os.getcwd().rindex("stack-orchestrator")]
-        print(f'Local stack dev_root_path (CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR) overridden to: {dev_root_path}')
-    else:
-        dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR", default="~/cerc"))
+    dev_root_path = get_dev_root_path(ctx)
 
     # TODO: huge hack, fix this
     # If the caller passed a path for the stack file, then we know that we can get the compose files
     # from the same directory
+    deployment = False
     if isinstance(stack, os.PathLike):
         compose_dir = stack.parent.joinpath("compose")
+        deployment = True
     else:
         # See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25389095/python-get-path-of-root-project-structure
         compose_dir = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.joinpath("data", "compose")
@@ -296,14 +293,24 @@ def _make_cluster_context(ctx, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file):
             if pod_repository is None or pod_repository == "internal":
                 compose_file_name = os.path.join(compose_dir, f"docker-compose-{pod_path}.yml")
             else:
-                pod_root_dir = os.path.join(dev_root_path, pod_repository.split("/")[-1], pod["path"])
-                compose_file_name = os.path.join(pod_root_dir, "docker-compose.yml")
-                pod_pre_start_command = pod["pre_start_command"]
-                pod_post_start_command = pod["post_start_command"]
-                if pod_pre_start_command is not None:
-                    pre_start_commands.append(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, pod_pre_start_command))
-                if pod_post_start_command is not None:
-                    post_start_commands.append(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, pod_post_start_command))
+                if deployment:
+                    compose_file_name = os.path.join(compose_dir, "docker-compose.yml")
+                    pod_pre_start_command = pod["pre_start_command"]
+                    pod_post_start_command = pod["post_start_command"]
+                    script_dir = compose_dir.parent.joinpath("pods", pod_name, "scripts")
+                    if pod_pre_start_command is not None:
+                        pre_start_commands.append(os.path.join(script_dir, pod_pre_start_command))
+                    if pod_post_start_command is not None:
+                        post_start_commands.append(os.path.join(script_dir, pod_post_start_command))
+                else:
+                    pod_root_dir = os.path.join(dev_root_path, pod_repository.split("/")[-1], pod["path"])
+                    compose_file_name = os.path.join(pod_root_dir, "docker-compose.yml")
+                    pod_pre_start_command = pod["pre_start_command"]
+                    pod_post_start_command = pod["post_start_command"]
+                    if pod_pre_start_command is not None:
+                        pre_start_commands.append(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, pod_pre_start_command))
+                    if pod_post_start_command is not None:
+                        post_start_commands.append(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, pod_post_start_command))
             compose_files.append(compose_file_name)
         else:
             if ctx.verbose:
diff --git a/app/deploy_util.py b/app/deploy_util.py
index 2f5f0188..498e3dfd 100644
--- a/app/deploy_util.py
+++ b/app/deploy_util.py
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 import os
 from typing import List
 from app.deploy_types import DeployCommandContext, VolumeMapping
-from app.util import get_parsed_stack_config, get_yaml, get_compose_file_dir
+from app.util import get_parsed_stack_config, get_yaml, get_compose_file_dir, get_pod_list
 
 
 def _container_image_from_service(stack: str, service: str):
     # Parse the compose files looking for the image name of the specified service
     image_name = None
     parsed_stack = get_parsed_stack_config(stack)
-    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    pods = get_pod_list(parsed_stack)
     yaml = get_yaml()
     for pod in pods:
         pod_file_path = os.path.join(get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod}.yml")
diff --git a/app/deployment_create.py b/app/deployment_create.py
index 76016262..c6128db6 100644
--- a/app/deployment_create.py
+++ b/app/deployment_create.py
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ import click
 from importlib import util
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
 import random
-from shutil import copyfile, copytree
+from shutil import copy, copyfile, copytree
 import sys
-from app.util import get_stack_file_path, get_parsed_deployment_spec, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options, get_yaml
-from app.util import get_compose_file_dir
-from app.deploy_types import DeploymentContext, LaconicStackSetupCommand
+from app.util import (get_stack_file_path, get_parsed_deployment_spec, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options, get_yaml,
+                      get_pod_list, get_pod_file_path, pod_has_scripts, get_pod_script_paths, get_plugin_code_path)
+from app.deploy_types import DeploymentContext, DeployCommandContext, LaconicStackSetupCommand
 
 
 def _make_default_deployment_dir():
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@ def _make_default_deployment_dir():
 def _get_ports(stack):
     ports = {}
     parsed_stack = get_parsed_stack_config(stack)
-    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    pods = get_pod_list(parsed_stack)
     yaml = get_yaml()
     for pod in pods:
-        pod_file_path = os.path.join(get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod}.yml")
+        pod_file_path = get_pod_file_path(parsed_stack, pod)
         parsed_pod_file = yaml.load(open(pod_file_path, "r"))
         if "services" in parsed_pod_file:
             for svc_name, svc in parsed_pod_file["services"].items():
@@ -49,10 +50,10 @@ def _get_named_volumes(stack):
     # Parse the compose files looking for named volumes
     named_volumes = []
     parsed_stack = get_parsed_stack_config(stack)
-    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    pods = get_pod_list(parsed_stack)
     yaml = get_yaml()
     for pod in pods:
-        pod_file_path = os.path.join(get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod}.yml")
+        pod_file_path = get_pod_file_path(parsed_stack, pod)
         parsed_pod_file = yaml.load(open(pod_file_path, "r"))
         if "volumes" in parsed_pod_file:
             volumes = parsed_pod_file["volumes"]
@@ -105,11 +106,16 @@ def _fixup_pod_file(pod, spec, compose_dir):
                 pod["services"][container_name]["ports"] = container_ports
 
 
+def _commands_plugin_path(ctx: DeployCommandContext):
+    plugin_path = get_plugin_code_path(ctx.stack)
+    return plugin_path.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+
+
 def call_stack_deploy_init(deploy_command_context):
     # Link with the python file in the stack
     # Call a function in it
     # If no function found, return None
-    python_file_path = get_stack_file_path(deploy_command_context.stack).parent.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+    python_file_path = _commands_plugin_path(deploy_command_context)
     if python_file_path.exists():
         spec = util.spec_from_file_location("commands", python_file_path)
         imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
@@ -124,7 +130,8 @@ def call_stack_deploy_setup(deploy_command_context, parameters: LaconicStackSetu
     # Link with the python file in the stack
     # Call a function in it
     # If no function found, return None
-    python_file_path = get_stack_file_path(deploy_command_context.stack).parent.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+    python_file_path = _commands_plugin_path(deploy_command_context)
+    print(f"Path: {python_file_path}")
     if python_file_path.exists():
         spec = util.spec_from_file_location("commands", python_file_path)
         imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ def call_stack_deploy_create(deployment_context, extra_args):
     # Link with the python file in the stack
     # Call a function in it
     # If no function found, return None
-    python_file_path = get_stack_file_path(deployment_context.command_context.stack).parent.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+    python_file_path = _commands_plugin_path(deployment_context.command_context)
     if python_file_path.exists():
         spec = util.spec_from_file_location("commands", python_file_path)
         imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
@@ -263,14 +270,21 @@ def init(ctx, config, output, map_ports_to_host):
 
 def _write_config_file(spec_file: Path, config_env_file: Path):
     spec_content = get_parsed_deployment_spec(spec_file)
-    if spec_content["config"]:
-        config_vars = spec_content["config"]
-        if config_vars:
-            with open(config_env_file, "w") as output_file:
+    # Note: we want to write an empty file even if we have no config variables
+    with open(config_env_file, "w") as output_file:
+        if "config" in spec_content and spec_content["config"]:
+            config_vars = spec_content["config"]
+            if config_vars:
                 for variable_name, variable_value in config_vars.items():
                     output_file.write(f"{variable_name}={variable_value}\n")
 
 
+def _copy_files_to_directory(file_paths: List[Path], directory: Path):
+    for path in file_paths:
+        # Using copy to preserve the execute bit
+        copy(path, os.path.join(directory, os.path.basename(path)))
+
+
 @click.command()
 @click.option("--spec-file", required=True, help="Spec file to use to create this deployment")
 @click.option("--deployment-dir", help="Create deployment files in this directory")
@@ -298,15 +312,19 @@ def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir, network_dir, initial_peers):
     # Copy any config varibles from the spec file into an env file suitable for compose
     _write_config_file(spec_file, os.path.join(deployment_dir, "config.env"))
     # Copy the pod files into the deployment dir, fixing up content
-    pods = parsed_stack['pods']
+    pods = get_pod_list(parsed_stack)
     destination_compose_dir = os.path.join(deployment_dir, "compose")
     os.mkdir(destination_compose_dir)
+    destination_pods_dir = os.path.join(deployment_dir, "pods")
+    os.mkdir(destination_pods_dir)
     data_dir = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.joinpath("data")
     yaml = get_yaml()
     for pod in pods:
-        pod_file_path = os.path.join(get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod}.yml")
+        pod_file_path = get_pod_file_path(parsed_stack, pod)
         parsed_pod_file = yaml.load(open(pod_file_path, "r"))
         extra_config_dirs = _find_extra_config_dirs(parsed_pod_file, pod)
+        destination_pod_dir = os.path.join(destination_pods_dir, pod)
+        os.mkdir(destination_pod_dir)
         if global_options(ctx).debug:
             print(f"extra config dirs: {extra_config_dirs}")
         _fixup_pod_file(parsed_pod_file, parsed_spec, destination_compose_dir)
@@ -322,6 +340,12 @@ def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir, network_dir, initial_peers):
                 # If the same config dir appears in multiple pods, it may already have been copied
                 if not os.path.exists(destination_config_dir):
                     copytree(source_config_dir, destination_config_dir)
+        # Copy the script files for the pod, if any
+        if pod_has_scripts(parsed_stack, pod):
+            destination_script_dir = os.path.join(destination_pod_dir, "scripts")
+            os.mkdir(destination_script_dir)
+            script_paths = get_pod_script_paths(parsed_stack, pod)
+            _copy_files_to_directory(script_paths, destination_script_dir)
     # Delegate to the stack's Python code
     # The deploy create command doesn't require a --stack argument so we need to insert the
     # stack member here.
diff --git a/app/util.py b/app/util.py
index 9d9eaa33..a25aacdb 100644
--- a/app/util.py
+++ b/app/util.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from decouple import config
 import os.path
 import sys
 import ruamel.yaml
@@ -37,6 +38,16 @@ def get_stack_file_path(stack):
     return stack_file_path
 
 
+def get_dev_root_path(ctx):
+    if ctx and ctx.local_stack:
+        # TODO: This code probably doesn't work
+        dev_root_path = os.getcwd()[0:os.getcwd().rindex("stack-orchestrator")]
+        print(f'Local stack dev_root_path (CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR) overridden to: {dev_root_path}')
+    else:
+        dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR", default="~/cerc"))
+    return dev_root_path
+
+
 # Caller can pass either the name of a stack, or a path to a stack file
 def get_parsed_stack_config(stack):
     stack_file_path = stack if isinstance(stack, os.PathLike) else get_stack_file_path(stack)
@@ -56,6 +67,68 @@ def get_parsed_stack_config(stack):
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
+def get_pod_list(parsed_stack):
+    # Handle both old and new format
+    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    if type(pods[0]) is str:
+        result = pods
+    else:
+        result = []
+        for pod in pods:
+            result.append(pod["name"])
+    return result
+
+
+def get_plugin_code_path(stack):
+    parsed_stack = get_parsed_stack_config(stack)
+    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    # TODO: Hack
+    pod = pods[0]
+    if type(pod) is str:
+        result = get_stack_file_path(stack).parent
+    else:
+        pod_root_dir = os.path.join(get_dev_root_path(None), pod["repository"].split("/")[-1], pod["path"])
+        result = Path(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, "stack"))
+    return result
+
+
+def get_pod_file_path(parsed_stack, pod_name: str):
+    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    if type(pods[0]) is str:
+        result = os.path.join(get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod_name}.yml")
+    else:
+        for pod in pods:
+            if pod["name"] == pod_name:
+                pod_root_dir = os.path.join(get_dev_root_path(None), pod["repository"].split("/")[-1], pod["path"])
+                result = os.path.join(pod_root_dir, "docker-compose.yml")
+    return result
+
+
+def get_pod_script_paths(parsed_stack, pod_name: str):
+    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    result = []
+    if not type(pods[0]) is str:
+        for pod in pods:
+            if pod["name"] == pod_name:
+                pod_root_dir = os.path.join(get_dev_root_path(None), pod["repository"].split("/")[-1], pod["path"])
+                if "pre_start_command" in pod:
+                    result.append(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, pod["pre_start_command"]))
+                if "post_start_command" in pod:
+                    result.append(os.path.join(pod_root_dir, pod["post_start_command"]))
+    return result
+
+
+def pod_has_scripts(parsed_stack, pod_name: str):
+    pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
+    if type(pods[0]) is str:
+        result = False
+    else:
+        for pod in pods:
+            if pod["name"] == pod_name:
+                result = "pre_start_command" in pod or "post_start_command" in pod
+    return result
+
+
 def get_compose_file_dir():
     # TODO: refactor to use common code with deploy command
     # See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25389095/python-get-path-of-root-project-structure