diff --git a/.env.goerli b/.env.goerli
index cee1586..10ad685 100644
--- a/.env.goerli
+++ b/.env.goerli
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ OP_NODE_L1_ETH_RPC=https://ethereum-goerli-rpc.allthatnode.com
 OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_AUTH_RAW=688f5d737bad920bdfb2fc2f488d6b6209eebda1dae949a8de91398d932c517a
 
 OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_AUTH=/tmp/engine-auth-jwt
-OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC=http://geth:8551
+OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC=ws://geth:8551
 OP_NODE_LOG_LEVEL=info
 OP_NODE_METRICS_ADDR=0.0.0.0
 OP_NODE_METRICS_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/.env.mainnet b/.env.mainnet
index 6d5c686..b2b91f1 100644
--- a/.env.mainnet
+++ b/.env.mainnet
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ OP_NODE_L1_ETH_RPC=https://1rpc.io/eth
 OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_AUTH_RAW=688f5d737bad920bdfb2fc2f488d6b6209eebda1dae949a8de91398d932c517a
 
 OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_AUTH=/tmp/engine-auth-jwt
-OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC=http://geth:8551
+OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC=ws://geth:8551
 OP_NODE_LOG_LEVEL=info
 OP_NODE_METRICS_ADDR=0.0.0.0
 OP_NODE_METRICS_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/.env.sepolia b/.env.sepolia
index f466490..e453178 100644
--- a/.env.sepolia
+++ b/.env.sepolia
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ OP_NODE_L1_ETH_RPC=https://rpc.sepolia.org
 OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_AUTH_RAW=688f5d737bad920bdfb2fc2f488d6b6209eebda1dae949a8de91398d932c517a
 
 OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_AUTH=/tmp/engine-auth-jwt
-OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC=http://geth:8551
+OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC=ws://geth:8551
 OP_NODE_LOG_LEVEL=info
 OP_NODE_METRICS_ADDR=0.0.0.0
 OP_NODE_METRICS_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/op-node-entrypoint b/op-node-entrypoint
index 98a4b23..8c61b4f 100755
--- a/op-node-entrypoint
+++ b/op-node-entrypoint
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 # wait until local geth comes up (authed so will return 401 without token)
-until [ "$(curl -s -w '%{http_code}' -o /dev/null "$OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC")" -eq 401 ]; do
+until [ "$(curl -s -w '%{http_code}' -o /dev/null "${OP_NODE_L2_ENGINE_RPC//ws/http}")" -eq 401 ]; do
   echo "waiting for geth to be ready"
   sleep 5
 done