diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-laconicd-full-node.yml b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-laconicd-full-node.yml
index 8e0d331..b59f709 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-laconicd-full-node.yml
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-laconicd-full-node.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 services:
   laconicd:
-    restart: no
+    restart: unless-stopped
     image: cerc/laconic2d:local
-    command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/opt/run-laconicd.sh"]
+    command: ["bash", "-c", "/opt/run-laconicd.sh"]
     environment:
       CERC_MONIKER: ${CERC_MONIKER:-TestnetNode}
       CERC_CHAIN_ID: ${CERC_CHAIN_ID:-laconic_9000-1}
@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ services:
       CERC_PEERS: ${CERC_PEERS}
       CERC_LOGLEVEL: ${CERC_LOGLEVEL:-info}
     volumes:
-      - laconicd-data:/root/.laconicd/data
+      - laconicd-data:/root/.laconicd
       - laconicd-config:/root/.laconicd/config
-      - laconicd-keyring:/root/.laconicd/keyring-test
       - ../config/laconicd/scripts/run-laconicd.sh:/opt/run-laconicd.sh
-      - ../config/laconicd/scripts/export-mykey.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/export-mykey.sh
-      - ../config/laconicd/scripts/export-myaddress.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/export-myaddress.sh
-    # TODO: determine which of the ports below is really needed
     ports:
       - "6060"
       - "26657"
@@ -40,5 +36,3 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   laconicd-data:
-  laconicd-config:
-  laconicd-keyring:
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/config/laconicd/scripts/export-myaddress.sh b/stack-orchestrator/config/laconicd/scripts/export-myaddress.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e454c0b..0000000
--- a/stack-orchestrator/config/laconicd/scripts/export-myaddress.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-laconicd keys show mykey | grep address | cut -d ' ' -f 3
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/config/laconicd/scripts/export-mykey.sh b/stack-orchestrator/config/laconicd/scripts/export-mykey.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a5be86..0000000
--- a/stack-orchestrator/config/laconicd/scripts/export-mykey.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-echo y | laconicd keys export mykey --unarmored-hex --unsafe
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/README.md b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/README.md
index 54acada..41f21df 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/README.md
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/README.md
@@ -1,84 +1,108 @@
 # laconicd-full-node
 
-Instructions for deploying a laconicd full node along with steps to join testnet as a validator post genesis
+Instructions for running a laconicd testnet full node and joining as a validator
 
-Minimum hardware requirements:
+## Prerequisites
 
-- RAM: 8-16GB
-- Disk space: 200GB
-- CPU: 2 cores
+* Minimum hardware requirements:
 
-## Clone the stack repo
+  ```bash
+  RAM: 8-16GB
+  Disk space: 200GB
+  CPU: 2 cores
+  ```
 
-```bash
-laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/testnet-laconicd-stack
-```
+* Testnet genesis file (file or an URL) and peer node addresses
 
-## Clone required repositories
+## Setup
 
-```bash
-laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node setup-repositories
-```
+* Clone the stack repo:
 
-## Build the fixturenet-eth containers
+  ```bash
+  laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/testnet-laconicd-stack
+  ```
 
-```bash
-laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node build-containers
-```
+* Clone required repositories:
 
-This should create several container images in the local image registry:
+  ```bash
+  laconic-so --stack /home/prathamesh/deepstack/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node setup-repositories
+  ```
 
-* cerc/laconic2d
-* cerc/laconic-registry-cli
-* cerc/webapp-base
-* cerc/laconic-console-host
+* Build the container images:
 
-## Create a spec file for the deployment
+  ```bash
+  laconic-so --stack /home/prathamesh/deepstack/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node build-containers
+  ```
 
-```bash
-laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node deploy init --output laconic-full-node-spec.yml
-```
+  This should create the following docker images locally:
 
-## Ports
+  * `cerc/laconic2d`
+  * `cerc/laconic-registry-cli`
+  * `cerc/webapp-base`
+  * `cerc/laconic-console-host`
 
-Edit `network` in the spec file to map container ports to host ports as required:
+## Create a deployment
 
-```bash
-...
-network:
-  # TODO: UPDATE
-  ports:
-    laconicd:
-     - '6060:6060'
-     - '26657:26657'
-     - '26656:26656'
-     - '9473:9473'
-     - '9090:9090'
-     - '1317:1317'
-```
+* Create a spec file for the deployment:
 
-## Create a deployment from the spec file
+  ```bash
+  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node deploy init --output laconic-full-node-spec.yml
+  ```
 
-```bash
-laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node deploy create --spec-file  laconic-full-node-spec.yml --deployment-dir laconic-full-node-deployment
-```
+* Edit `network` in the spec file to map container ports to host ports as required:
 
-### Configuration
+  ```bash
+  ...
+  network:
+    # TODO: UPDATE
+    ports:
+      laconicd:
+        - '6060:6060'
+        - '26657:26657'
+        - '26656:26656'
+        - '9473:9473'
+        - '9090:9090'
+        - '1317:1317'
+  ```
 
-Copy genesis file to the deployment data directory:
+* Create a deployment from the spec file:
 
-```bash
-# Example
-cp genesis.json laconic-full-node-deployment/data/laconicd-config/
-```
+  ```bash
+  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node deploy create --spec-file  laconic-full-node-spec.yml --deployment-dir laconic-full-node-deployment
+  ```
 
-Inside deployment directory, open the `config.env` file and set following env variables:
+* (Optional) Copy over the genesis file (`.json`) to config data directory in deployment (`laconic-full-node-deployment/data/laconicd-data/config`):
 
-```bash
-# TODO: UPDATE
-# External Filecoin (ETH RPC) endpoint to point the watcher to
-CERC_PEERS=""
-```
+  ```bash
+  # Example
+  mkdir -p laconic-full-node-deployment/data/laconicd-data/config
+  cp genesis.json laconic-full-node-deployment/data/laconicd-config/genesis.json
+  ```
+
+## Configuration
+
+* Inside the deployment directory, open `config.env` file and set following env variables:
+
+  ```bash
+  # Comma separated list of nodes to keep persistent connections to
+  # Example: "node-1-id@node-1-host:26656,node-2-id@node-2-host:26656"
+  CERC_PEERS=""
+
+  # Optional
+
+  # A custom human readable name for this node (default: TestnetNode)
+  CERC_MONIKER=
+
+  # Network chain ID (default: laconic_9000-1)
+  CERC_CHAIN_ID=
+
+  # Genesis file URL
+  # Not required if a genesis file is placed in the config data directory in previous steps
+  CERC_GENESIS_FILE_URL=
+
+  # Output log level (default: info)
+  CERC_LOGLEVEL=
+  ```
 
 ## Start the deployment
 
@@ -88,7 +112,21 @@ laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-full-node-deployment start
 
 ## Check status
 
-<!-- TODO -->
+* To list down and monitor the running containers:
+
+  ```bash
+  # With status
+  docker ps -a
+
+  # Check logs for a container
+  docker logs -f <CONTAINER_ID>
+  ```
+
+* Check the sync status of your node:
+
+  ```bash
+  docker exec -it <LACONICD_CONTAINER_ID> status | jq .sync_info
+  ```
 
 ## Join as testnet validator
 
@@ -98,12 +136,19 @@ laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-full-node-deployment start
 
 ## Clean up
 
-Stop all services running in the background:
+* Stop all services running in the background:
 
-```bash
-laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-full-node-deployment stop
-```
+  ```bash
+  # Stop the docker containers
+  laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-full-node-deployment stop
+  ```
 
-Clear volumes created by this stack:
+* To stop all services and also delete data:
 
-<!-- TODO -->
+  ```bash
+  # Stop the docker containers
+  laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-full-node-deployment stop --delete-volumes
+
+  # Remove deployment directory (deployment will have to be recreated for a re-run)
+  rm -r laconic-full-node-deployment
+  ```
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/stack.yml b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/stack.yml
index 22acea8..f09b495 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/stack.yml
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconicd-full-node/stack.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-version: "1.1"
+version: "1.0"
 name: laconicd-full-node
 description: "Laconicd full node"
 repos:
-  - cerc-io/laconic2d
-  - cerc-io/laconic-registry-cli@laconic2
-  - cerc-io/laconic-console@laconic2
+  - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/laconic2d@pm-stack-changes
+  - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/laconic-registry-cli@laconic2
+  - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/laconic-console@laconic2
 containers:
   - cerc/laconic2d
   - cerc/laconic-registry-cli
@@ -13,7 +13,3 @@ containers:
 pods:
   - laconicd-full-node
   - laconic-console
-config:
-  cli:
-    key: laconicd.mykey
-    address: laconicd.myaddress