diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server-payments.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server-payments.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fe97c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server-payments.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+version: "3.2"
+services:
+  ipld-eth-server:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      ipld-eth-db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    image: cerc/ipld-eth-server:local
+    environment:
+      SERVER_HTTP_PATH: 0.0.0.0:8081
+      SERVER_GRAPHQL: "true"
+      SERVER_GRAPHQLPATH: 0.0.0.0:8082
+      VDB_COMMAND: "serve"
+      ETH_CHAIN_CONFIG: "/tmp/chain.json"
+      DATABASE_NAME: cerc_testing
+      DATABASE_HOSTNAME: ipld-eth-db
+      DATABASE_PORT: 5432
+      DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: "password"
+      ETH_CHAIN_ID: 99
+      ETH_FORWARD_ETH_CALLS: "false"
+      ETH_FORWARD_GET_STORAGE_AT: "false"
+      ETH_PROXY_ON_ERROR: "false"
+      METRICS: "true"
+      PROM_HTTP: "true"
+      PROM_HTTP_ADDR: "0.0.0.0"
+      PROM_HTTP_PORT: "8090"
+      LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
+      CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG: ${CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG:-true}
+      NITRO_PK: ${CERC_NITRO_PK:-2d999770f7b5d49b694080f987b82bbc9fc9ac2b4dcc10b0f8aba7d700f69c6d}
+      NITRO_CHAIN_PK: ${CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_PK:-570b909da9669b2f35a0b1ac70b8358516d55ae1b5b3710e95e9a94395090597}
+      NITRO_CHAIN_URL: ${CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL:-ws://fixturenet-eth-geth-1:8546}
+      NITRO_USE_DURABLE_STORE: ${CERC_NITRO_USE_DURABLE_STORE:-false}
+      NITRO_DURABLE_STORE_FOLDER: ${CERC_NITRO_DURABLE_STORE_FOLDER:-/app/data/nitro-store}
+      CERC_NA_ADDRESS: ${CERC_NA_ADDRESS}
+      CERC_VPA_ADDRESS: ${CERC_VPA_ADDRESS}
+      CERC_CA_ADDRESS: ${CERC_CA_ADDRESS}
+    entrypoint: ["bash", "-c", "/app/entrypoint.sh"]
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ../config/ipld-eth-server/chain.json
+        target: /tmp/chain.json
+      - eth_server_nitro_data:/app/data
+      - nitro_deployment:/app/deployment
+      - ../config/ipld-eth-server/entrypoint.sh:/app/entrypoint.sh
+    ports:
+      - "8081"
+      - "8082"
+      - "8090"
+      - "40000"
+      - "3005"
+      - "4005:4005"
+      - "5005:5005"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8081"]
+      interval: 20s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 15
+      start_period: 5s
+
+volumes:
+  eth_server_nitro_data:
+  nitro_deployment:
diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml
index ca5d0e02..a408dff1 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       ipld-eth-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-      # Wait for Nitro contracts to be deployed
-      nitro-contracts:
-        condition: service_completed_successfully
     image: cerc/ipld-eth-server:local
     environment:
       SERVER_HTTP_PATH: 0.0.0.0:8081
@@ -30,37 +27,18 @@ services:
       PROM_HTTP_PORT: "8090"
       LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
       CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG: ${CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG:-true}
-      NITRO_PK: ${CERC_NITRO_PK:-2d999770f7b5d49b694080f987b82bbc9fc9ac2b4dcc10b0f8aba7d700f69c6d}
-      NITRO_CHAIN_PK: ${CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_PK:-570b909da9669b2f35a0b1ac70b8358516d55ae1b5b3710e95e9a94395090597}
-      NITRO_CHAIN_URL: ${CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL:-ws://fixturenet-eth-geth-1:8546}
-      NITRO_USE_DURABLE_STORE: ${CERC_NITRO_USE_DURABLE_STORE:-false}
-      NITRO_DURABLE_STORE_FOLDER: ${CERC_NITRO_DURABLE_STORE_FOLDER:-/app/data/nitro-store}
-      CERC_NA_ADDRESS: ${CERC_NA_ADDRESS}
-      CERC_VPA_ADDRESS: ${CERC_VPA_ADDRESS}
-      CERC_CA_ADDRESS: ${CERC_CA_ADDRESS}
-    entrypoint: ["bash", "-c", "/app/entrypoint.sh"]
     volumes:
       - type: bind
         source: ../config/ipld-eth-server/chain.json
         target: /tmp/chain.json
-      - eth_server_nitro_data:/app/data
-      - nitro_deployment:/app/deployment
-      - ../config/ipld-eth-server/entrypoint.sh:/app/entrypoint.sh
     ports:
       - "8081"
       - "8082"
       - "8090"
       - "40000"
-      - "3005"
-      - "4005:4005"
-      - "5005:5005"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8081"]
       interval: 20s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 15
       start_period: 5s
-
-volumes:
-  eth_server_nitro_data:
-  nitro_deployment:
diff --git a/app/data/config/go-nitro/run-nitro-node.sh b/app/data/config/go-nitro/run-nitro-node.sh
index edfb1cdf..546e9448 100755
--- a/app/data/config/go-nitro/run-nitro-node.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/go-nitro/run-nitro-node.sh
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ fi
 
 echo "Running Nitro node"
 
+# Assuming CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL is of format <ws|http>://host:port
+ws_host=$(echo "$CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL" | awk -F '://' '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 1)
+ws_port=$(echo "$CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL" | awk -F '://' '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 2)
+
 # Wait till chain endpoint is available
 retry_interval=5
 while true; do
-  # Assuming CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL is of format <ws|http>://host:port
-  ws_host=$(echo "$CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL" | awk -F '://' '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 1)
-  ws_port=$(echo "$CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_URL" | awk -F '://' '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 2)
   nc -z -w 1 "$ws_host" "$ws_port"
 
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/app/data/config/ipld-eth-server/entrypoint.sh b/app/data/config/ipld-eth-server/entrypoint.sh
index c58fbece..effe9dee 100755
--- a/app/data/config/ipld-eth-server/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/app/data/config/ipld-eth-server/entrypoint.sh
@@ -12,34 +12,25 @@ if [ -n "$CERC_NA_ADDRESS" ]; then
   export NITRO_NA_ADDRESS=${CERC_NA_ADDRESS}
   export NITRO_VPA_ADDRESS=${CERC_VPA_ADDRESS}
   export NITRO_CA_ADDRESS=${CERC_CA_ADDRESS}
-elif [ -f ${nitro_addresses_file} ]; then
-  echo "Reading Nitro addresses from ${nitro_addresses_file}"
-
-  export NITRO_NA_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.nitroAdjudicatorAddress' ${nitro_addresses_file})
-  export NITRO_VPA_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.virtualPaymentAppAddress' ${nitro_addresses_file})
-  export NITRO_CA_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.consensusAppAddress' ${nitro_addresses_file})
 else
-  echo "File ${nitro_addresses_file} not found"
-  exit 1
+  # Read addresses from a file
+  # Keep retrying until found
+  echo "Reading Nitro addresses from ${nitro_addresses_file}"
+  retry_interval=5
+  while true; do
+    if [[ -e "$nitro_addresses_file" ]]; then
+      export NITRO_NA_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.nitroAdjudicatorAddress' ${nitro_addresses_file})
+      export NITRO_VPA_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.virtualPaymentAppAddress' ${nitro_addresses_file})
+      export NITRO_CA_ADDRESS=$(jq -r '.consensusAppAddress' ${nitro_addresses_file})
+
+      break
+    else
+      echo "File not yet available, retrying in $retry_interval seconds..."
+      sleep $retry_interval
+    fi
+  done
 fi
 
-# Wait till chain endpoint is available
-retry_interval=5
-while true; do
-  # Assuming NITRO_CHAIN_URL is of format <ws|http>://host:port
-  ws_host=$(echo "$NITRO_CHAIN_URL" | awk -F '://' '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 1)
-  ws_port=$(echo "$NITRO_CHAIN_URL" | awk -F '://' '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f 2)
-  nc -z -w 1 "$ws_host" "$ws_port"
-
-  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "Chain endpoint is available"
-    break
-  fi
-
-  echo "Chain endpoint not yet available, retrying in $retry_interval seconds..."
-  sleep $retry_interval
-done
-
 echo "Beginning the ipld-eth-server process"
 
 START_CMD="./ipld-eth-server"
diff --git a/app/data/pod-list.txt b/app/data/pod-list.txt
index c65ef22c..06bb7561 100644
--- a/app/data/pod-list.txt
+++ b/app/data/pod-list.txt
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ nitro-contracts
 nitro-reverse-payment-proxy
 mobymask-snap
 ponder
+ipld-eth-server-payments
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-payments/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-payments/stack.yml
index 7ed6e228..14aba43b 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-payments/stack.yml
+++ b/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-payments/stack.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ repos:
   - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/go-ethereum@v1.11.6-statediff-v5
   - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/lighthouse
   - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-db@v5
+  # ipld-eth-server with payments -- to be used by ipld-eth-server-payments pod
   - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server@payments
   # nitro repo
   - github.com/cerc-io/ts-nitro@v0.1.13
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ containers:
   - cerc/ponder
 pods:
   - fixturenet-eth
-  - ipld-eth-server
+  - ipld-eth-server-payments
   - ipld-eth-db
   - nitro-contracts
   # - go-nitro