diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml
index 58b00dc6..4780574c 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ services:
     image: cerc/fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth:local
     volumes:
       - fixturenet_plugeth_geth_1_data:/root/ethdata
-      - ../config/fixturenet-plugeth/plugins:/root/ethdata/plugins
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "--tries=1", "--connect-timeout=1", "--quiet", "-O", "-", "http://localhost:8545/"]
       interval: 30s
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ services:
       - fixturenet-eth-bootnode-geth
     volumes:
       - fixturenet_plugeth_geth_2_data:/root/ethdata
-      - ../config/fixturenet-plugeth/plugins:/root/ethdata/plugins
 
   fixturenet-eth-bootnode-lighthouse:
     restart: always
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
index 4c1a0ce1..d7cc3a83 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ fi
 ETHERBASE=`cat /opt/testnet/build/el/accounts.csv | head -1 | cut -d',' -f2`
 NETWORK_ID=`cat /opt/testnet/el/el-config.yaml | grep 'chain_id' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
 NETRESTRICT=`ip addr | grep inet | grep -v '127.0' | awk '{print $2}'`
+CERC_ETH_DATADIR="${CERC_ETH_DATADIR:-$HOME/ethdata}"
+CERC_PLUGINS_DIR="${CERC_PLUGINS_DIR:-/usr/local/lib/plugeth}"
 
-HOME_DIR=`pwd`
 cd /opt/testnet/build/el
 python3 -m http.server 9898 &
-cd $HOME_DIR
+cd $HOME
 
 START_CMD="geth"
 if [ "true" == "$CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG" ] && [ -x "/usr/local/bin/dlv" ]; then
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ trap 'cleanup' SIGINT SIGTERM
 
 if [ "true" == "$RUN_BOOTNODE" ]; then
     $START_CMD \
-       --datadir=~/ethdata \
+      --datadir="${CERC_ETH_DATADIR}" \
       --nodekeyhex="${BOOTNODE_KEY}" \
       --nodiscover \
       --ipcdisable \
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ else
           fi
         fi
       done
-      STATEDIFF_OPTS="--statediff=true \
+      STATEDIFF_OPTS="--statediff \
       --statediff.db.host=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST \
       --statediff.db.name=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME \
       --statediff.db.nodeid=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID \
@@ -94,10 +95,15 @@ else
       --statediff.waitforsync=true \
       --statediff.workers=${CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS:-1} \
       --statediff.writing=true"
+
+      if [ -d "${CERC_PLUGINS_DIR}" ]; then
+        # With plugeth, we separate the statediff options by prefixing with ' -- '
+        STATEDIFF_OPTS="--pluginsdir "${CERC_PLUGINS_DIR}" -- ${STATEDIFF_OPTS}"
+      fi
     fi
 
     $START_CMD \
-      --datadir=~/ethdata \
+      --datadir="${CERC_ETH_DATADIR}" \
       --bootnodes="${ENODE}" \
       --allow-insecure-unlock \
       --http \
@@ -124,8 +130,9 @@ else
       --metrics \
       --metrics.addr="0.0.0.0" \
       --verbosity=${CERC_GETH_VERBOSITY:-3} \
-      --vmodule="${CERC_GETH_VMODULE:-statediff/*=5}" \
-      --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" ${STATEDIFF_OPTS} \
+      --log.vmodule="${CERC_GETH_VMODULE:-statediff/*=5}" \
+      --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" \
+      ${STATEDIFF_OPTS} \
       &
 
     geth_pid=$!
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-plugeth/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-plugeth/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 90cd38d3..00000000
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-plugeth/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-FROM skylenet/ethereum-genesis-generator@sha256:210353ce7c898686bc5092f16c61220a76d357f51eff9c451e9ad1b9ad03d4d3 AS ethgen
-
-FROM golang:1.19.4-bullseye AS delve
-RUN go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest
-
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
-RUN apt-get update && \
-      apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        python3 python3-dev python3-pip curl wget jq gettext gettext-base openssl bash dnsutils postgresql-client make iproute2 netcat && \
-      rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY --from=delve  /go/bin/dlv /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --from=ethgen /apps /apps
-
-RUN wget -O /usr/local/bin/geth https://github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth/releases/download/v1.11.6.1.0/geth-linux-amd64-v1.1.0-v1.11.6.1.0 && chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/geth
-RUN cd /apps/el-gen && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-
-COPY genesis /opt/testnet
-COPY run-el.sh /opt/testnet/run.sh
-
-RUN cd /opt/testnet && make genesis-el
-
-RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/testnet/run.sh"]
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-plugeth/build.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-plugeth/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e81bc932..00000000
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-plugeth/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Build cerc/fixturenet-eth-plugeth
-set -x
-
-source ${CERC_CONTAINER_BASE_DIR}/build-base.sh
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-
-if [ ! -d "${SCRIPT_DIR}/genesis" ]; then
-  cp -frp ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/genesis ${SCRIPT_DIR}/genesis
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d "${SCRIPT_DIR}/run-el.sh" ]; then
-  cp -fp ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh ${SCRIPT_DIR}/
-fi
-
-docker build -t cerc/fixturenet-eth-plugeth:local -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/Dockerfile ${build_command_args} $SCRIPT_DIR
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
index 9936c3dc..9469943f 100644
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 FROM skylenet/ethereum-genesis-generator@sha256:210353ce7c898686bc5092f16c61220a76d357f51eff9c451e9ad1b9ad03d4d3 AS ethgen
 
-FROM golang:1.19.4-bullseye AS delve
+FROM golang:1.19-alpine as delve
 RUN go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest
 
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
-RUN apt-get update && \
-      apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        python3 python3-dev python3-pip curl wget jq gettext gettext-base openssl bash dnsutils postgresql-client make iproute2 netcat psmisc && \
-      rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+FROM cerc/plugeth:local as geth
+FROM cerc/plugeth-statediff:local as statediff
+
+FROM alpine:3.17
+RUN apk add --no-cache python3 python3-dev py3-pip curl wget jq build-base gettext libintl openssl bash bind-tools postgresql-client
 
 COPY --from=delve  /go/bin/dlv /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=ethgen /apps /apps
 
-RUN wget -O /usr/local/bin/geth https://github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth/releases/download/v1.11.6.1.0/geth-linux-amd64-v1.1.0-v1.11.6.1.0 && chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/geth
 RUN cd /apps/el-gen && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY genesis /opt/testnet
@@ -22,7 +21,10 @@ COPY run-el.sh /opt/testnet/run.sh
 
 RUN cd /opt/testnet && make genesis-el
 
-RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
+COPY --from=geth  /usr/local/bin/geth /usr/local/bin/
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/plugeth/
+COPY --from=statediff  /usr/local/lib/statediff.so /usr/local/lib/plugeth/
 
 # Snag the genesis block info.
 RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-plugeth-tx/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-plugeth-tx/stack.yml
index e6d8c615..50700e9b 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-plugeth-tx/stack.yml
+++ b/app/data/stacks/fixturenet-plugeth-tx/stack.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,24 @@ repos:
   - github.com/cerc-io/tx-spammer
   - github.com/dboreham/foundry
   - github.com/cerc-io/lighthouse
+  - github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-db@v5
+  - github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server@v5
+  - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth@statediff-wip
+  - git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff@dev-local-build
 containers:
   - cerc/lighthouse
   - cerc/lighthouse-cli
+  - cerc/plugeth-statediff
+  - cerc/plugeth
   - cerc/fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth
   - cerc/fixturenet-plugeth-lighthouse
   - cerc/tx-spammer
   - cerc/foundry
+  - cerc/ipld-eth-db
+  - cerc/ipld-eth-server
 pods:
+  - ipld-eth-db
+  - ipld-eth-server
   - fixturenet-plugeth
   - foundry
   - tx-spammer