diff --git a/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh b/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh
index 469896ec0..5d890f273 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh
+++ b/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ CLIENT_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/client"
 NODE_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/node"
 NODE_DATA_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/node/data"
 
-CMD="$TEZ_BIN/octez-smart-rollup-node-alpha --endpoint http://tezos-node-rpc:8732 -d $CLIENT_DIR run operator for ${ROLLUP_ADDRESS} with operators ${OPERATOR_ACCOUNT}"
+touch /var/tezos/smart-rollup-boot-sector
+CMD="$TEZ_BIN/octez-smart-rollup-node-alpha --endpoint http://tezos-node-rpc:8732 -d $CLIENT_DIR run operator for ${ROLLUP_ADDRESS} with operators ${OPERATOR_ACCOUNT} --boot-sector-file /var/tezos/smart-rollup-boot-sector"
 # ensure we can run tezos-signer commands without specifying client dir
 ln -s /var/tezos/client /home/tezos/.tezos-signer