diff --git a/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env b/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
index 06e90b61..ea56e2ec 100644
--- a/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
+++ b/app/data/config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT=5432
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME="cerc_testing"
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER="vdbm"
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD="password"
-CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER:-23}
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER:-18}
 CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS="false"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS=2
 
 CERC_GETH_VMODULE="statediff/*=5,rpc/*=5"
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 9f6bf1f7..4c1a0ce1 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
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ else
       --statediff.db.logstatements=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS:-false} \
       --statediff.db.copyfrom=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_COPY_FROM:-true} \
       --statediff.waitforsync=true \
+      --statediff.workers=${CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS:-1} \
       --statediff.writing=true"
     fi
 
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
index 90cd38d3..9936c3dc 100644
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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 && \
+        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/*
 
 COPY --from=delve  /go/bin/dlv /usr/local/bin/
@@ -24,4 +24,17 @@ RUN cd /opt/testnet && make genesis-el
 
 RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
 
+# Snag the genesis block info.
+RUN geth --datadir ~/ethdata init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && rm -f ~/ethdata/geth/nodekey
+RUN cp -rp ~/ethdata ~/tmpeth && \
+    geth --datadir ~/tmpeth init /opt/testnet/build/el/geth.json && \
+    geth --datadir ~/tmpeth --http & \
+    sleep 5 && \
+    curl -q --location 'localhost:8545' \
+        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+        --data '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 14, "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber", "params": ["0x0", false] }' \
+        -o /opt/testnet/build/el/genesis_block.json && \
+    killall -9 geth && \
+    rm -rf ~/tmpeth
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/testnet/run.sh"]