diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
index 500cfba..d4bc53a 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
   laconicd:
     restart: unless-stopped
     image: cerc/laconic2d:local
-    command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
+    command: ["bash", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
     environment:
       TEST_AUCTION_ENABLED: ${TEST_AUCTION_ENABLED:-false}
       TEST_REGISTRY_EXPIRY: ${TEST_REGISTRY_EXPIRY:-false}
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
index b613b97..356950d 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Instructions for running a laconicd fixturenet along with registry CLI and conso
 * Create deployment from the spec files:
 
   ```bash
-  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/fixturenet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd deploy create --spec-file  fixturenet-laconicd-spec.yml --deployment-dir fixturenet-laconicd-deployment
+  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/fixturenet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd deploy create --spec-file fixturenet-laconicd-spec.yml --deployment-dir fixturenet-laconicd-deployment
 
   laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconic-console deploy create --spec-file laconic-console-spec.yml --deployment-dir laconic-console-deployment
 
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/fetch-account-holdings.sh b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/fetch-account-holdings.sh
index 3a90a3b..f3d2596 100755
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/fetch-account-holdings.sh
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/fetch-account-holdings.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ fi
 
 OUTPUT_FILE=$1
 
+# Trust locally-trusted development certificates created by mkcert
+export NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS="$(mkcert -CAROOT)/rootCA.pem"
+
 # Run the nitro-rpc-client command and process the output with jq
 npm exec -c "nitro-rpc-client get-all-ledger-channels -p 4006" | jq -s '[.[] | {ethereum_address: .Balance.Them, balance: .Balance.TheirBalance}]' > "$OUTPUT_FILE"
 
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/genesis.sh b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/genesis.sh
index 554a4ea..e45326c 100755
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/genesis.sh
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/scripts/genesis.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ laconicd init $STAGE1_MONIKER --chain-id $CHAINID --default-denom photon
 participants=$(jq -c '.participants' $onboarding_state_file)
 jq --argjson p "$participants" '.app_state.onboarding.participants = $p' "$stage1_genesis_file" > tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json "$stage1_genesis_file"
 
+# Disable bank module transfers
+jq '.app_state["bank"]["params"]["default_send_enabled"]=false' "$stage1_genesis_file" > tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json "$stage1_genesis_file"
+
 # Read and assign allocations
 jq -c '.[]' "$stage1_allocations_file" | while IFS= read -r line; do
   cosmos_address=$(jq -r '.cosmos_address' <<< "$line")