diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/export-ethdb.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/export-ethdb.sh
index dd93b219..151cb7c1 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/export-ethdb.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/export-ethdb.sh
@@ -20,21 +20,24 @@ if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Stop geth.
-echo -n "Exporting ethdb.... "
 GETH_CONTAINER=`docker ps -q -f "name=${CERC_SO_COMPOSE_PROJECT}-fixturenet-eth-geth-2-1"`
 if [[ -z "$GETH_CONTAINER" ]]; then
   echo "not found"
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Make sure we have the necessary tools
+docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c 'apk add --no-cache jq curl'
+
+# Gather metadata.
 docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c 'rm -rf /root/tmp && mkdir -p /root/tmp/export'
 docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c 'ln -s /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json /root/tmp/export/genesis.json && ln -s /root/ethdata /root/tmp/export/'
 docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c 'cat /root/tmp/export/genesis.json | jq ".config" > /root/tmp/export/genesis.config.json'
-
-# Stop geth and zip up ethdb.
 docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c 'curl -s --location "localhost:8545" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\", \"id\": 1, \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\", \"params\": [\"0x0\", false]}" > /root/tmp/export/eth_getBlockByNumber_0x0.json'
 docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c 'curl -s --location "localhost:8545" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\", \"id\": 1, \"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\", \"params\": []}" > /root/tmp/export/eth_blockNumber.json'
+
+# Stop geth and zip up ethdb.
+echo -n "Exporting ethdb.... "
 docker exec $GETH_CONTAINER sh -c "killall geth && sleep 2 && tar chzf /root/tmp/ethdb.tgz -C /root/tmp/export ."
 
 # Copy ethdb to host.