diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml b/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..997063db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: "3.2"
+services:
+  laconicd:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    image: cerc/laconicd:local
+    command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
+    volumes:
+      # TODO: look at folding this script into the container
+      - ../config/fixturenet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh
+    # TODO: determine which of the ports below is really needed
+    ports:
+      - "6060"
+      - "26657"
+      - "26656"
+      - "9473"
+      - "8545"
+      - "8546"
+      - "9090"
+      - "9091"
+      - "1317"
+
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-laconicd.yml b/compose/docker-compose-laconicd.yml
index 4d021ed6..753283bd 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-laconicd.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-laconicd.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ services:
   laconicd:
     restart: unless-stopped
     image: cerc/laconicd:local
-    command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
-    volumes:
-      # TODO: look at folding this script into the container
-      - ../config/laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh
     # TODO: determine which of the ports below is really needed
     ports:
       - "6060"
diff --git a/config/laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh b/config/fixturenet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh
similarity index 97%
rename from config/laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh
rename to config/fixturenet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh
index 8d5115be..1bc22cef 100644
--- a/config/laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh
+++ b/config/fixturenet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ if [[ $1 == "pending" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Start the node (remove the --pruning=nothing flag if historical queries are not needed)
-laconicd start --mode validator --pruning=nothing --evm.tracer=json $TRACE --log_level $LOGLEVEL --minimum-gas-prices=0.0001aphoton --json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3,miner --api.enable --gql-server --gql-playground
+laconicd start --pruning=nothing --evm.tracer=json $TRACE --log_level $LOGLEVEL --minimum-gas-prices=0.0001aphoton --json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3,miner --api.enable
diff --git a/pod-list.txt b/pod-list.txt
index 09a7baa5..614a3476 100644
--- a/pod-list.txt
+++ b/pod-list.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ ipld-eth-server
 lighthouse
 prometheus-grafana
 laconicd
+fixturenet-laconicd
 fixturenet-eth