diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 974344ec..c9dc37d6 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ demo:
 	./scripts/start-demo.sh
 
 # spin up the bolt devnet
-up:
+up env='latest':
 	chmod +x ./scripts/start-devnet.sh
-	./scripts/start-devnet.sh
+	./scripts/start-devnet.sh {{env}}
 
 # turn down the bolt devnet and remove the enclave
 down:
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3fde99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kurtosis_config.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml b/scripts/kurtosis_config.template.yaml
similarity index 65%
rename from scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
rename to scripts/kurtosis_config.template.yaml
index 31e8e30a..1ea50a66 100644
--- a/scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
+++ b/scripts/kurtosis_config.template.yaml
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ additional_services:
   - tx_spammer
   - blockscout
   - dora
-  # - assertoor
-  # - blob_spammer
-  # - custom_flood
-  # - goomy_blob
-  # - el_forkmon
-  # - beacon_metrics_gazer
-  # - full_beaconchain_explorer
   - prometheus_grafana
-  # - blobscan
 
 mev_type: full
 
@@ -26,12 +18,12 @@ mev_params:
   # Bolt-specific images:
   # Adding the `bolt_boost_image` will start the devnet with Bolt-Boost
   # instead of MEV-Boost by Flashbots
-  bolt_boost_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-boost:0.1.0
-  bolt_sidecar_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-sidecar:0.1.0
-  helix_relay_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/helix:v0.3.0-alpha.rc2
-  mev_relay_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-relay:0.1.0
-  mev_builder_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-builder:0.1.0
-  mev_boost_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-mev-boost:0.1.0
+  bolt_boost_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-boost:$TAG
+  bolt_sidecar_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-sidecar:$TAG
+  helix_relay_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/helix:$TAG
+  mev_relay_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-relay:$TAG
+  mev_builder_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-builder:$TAG
+  mev_boost_image: ghcr.io/chainbound/bolt-mev-boost:$TAG
 
   mev_boost_args: []
   mev_relay_api_extra_args: []
diff --git a/scripts/start-devnet.sh b/scripts/start-devnet.sh
index 8d77e4cf..dca832d5 100755
--- a/scripts/start-devnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-devnet.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "Starting the devnet..."
+ENV=$1
 
-# spin up the kurtosis devnet
-kurtosis run --enclave bolt-devnet github.com/chainbound/ethereum-package@bolt --args-file ./scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
-echo "Devnet online! Waiting for the RPC to be available..."
-sleep 5
+if [ -z "$ENV" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: start-devnet.sh <ENV>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Starting the devnet on $ENV..."
 
-RPC=$(kurtosis port print bolt-devnet el-1-geth-lighthouse rpc)
-PK="bcdf20249abf0ed6d944c0288fad489e33f66b3960d9e6229c1cd214ed3bbe31"
-echo "RPC endpoint: $RPC"
+# the environment needs to match the image tags in the kurtosis config file
+sed "s/\$TAG/$ENV/g" ./scripts/kurtosis_config.template.yaml > ./scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
 
-# wait for the rpc to be available
-while ! curl -s -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}' "$RPC" >/dev/null; do
-	sleep 1
-done
+# spin up the kurtosis devnet
+kurtosis run --enclave bolt-devnet github.com/chainbound/ethereum-package@bolt --args-file ./scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
 
-# TODO: re-add after new registry, challenger and staking contracts are available
-# deploy the contracts
-# (
-# 	cd ./bolt-contracts || exit
-# 	forge build # make sure the contracts are compiled before deploying
-# 	forge script script/DeployOnDevnet.s.sol --broadcast --rpc-url "$RPC" --private-key "$PK"
-# )
-# echo "Contracts deployed!"
+echo "Devnet online!"