diff --git a/ethereum/reth/ethereum-mainnet-reth-minimal-trace--nimbus.yml b/ethereum/reth/ethereum-mainnet-reth-minimal-trace--nimbus.yml
index d213750e..eb39035f 100644
--- a/ethereum/reth/ethereum-mainnet-reth-minimal-trace--nimbus.yml
+++ b/ethereum/reth/ethereum-mainnet-reth-minimal-trace--nimbus.yml
@@ -111,53 +111,10 @@ services:
 
   ethereum-mainnet-minimal-pruner:
     image: debian:latest
-    entrypoint: [/bin/bash, -c]
-    command:
-      - |
-        mkdir -p "/data/static_files/delete_me"
-        # Step 1: List base filenames (without .conf/.off) and sort by starting block number
-        base_files=$$(find "/data/static_files" -maxdepth 1 -type f | sed -E "s/\.(conf|off)$$" | sort -u | awk -F_ '{print $$NF-0, $$0}' | sort -n | cut -d" " -f2-)
-        # Convert base_files to an array for easier manipulation
-        base_files_array=($$base_files)
-        # Step 3: Group files by prefix and block range, keeping only the last two block ranges
-        declare -A file_groups
-        # Group files by prefix
-        for base in "$${base_files_array[@]}"; do
-          prefix=$$(echo "$$base" | sed -E "s/_([0-9]+)$$"//")  # Get everything before the block range
-          block_range=$$(echo "$$base" | sed -E "s/.*_([0-9]+)$$"//")  # Get the block range
-          file_groups["$$prefix"]+="$$block_range:$$base "
-        done
-        # Step 4: Process each group
-        for prefix in "$${!file_groups[@]}"; do
-          block_ranges=($${file_groups[$$prefix]})
-          num_files=$${#block_ranges[@]}
-          # Keep the last 2 block ranges
-          files_to_move=("$${block_ranges[@]:0:num_files-2}")
-          # Move files for the current group
-          for file_range in "$${files_to_move[@]}"; do
-            base="$${file_range#*:}"  # Remove block range part, keeping the full filename
-            # Handle base file (no extension) first
-            if [[ -f "$$base" ]]; then
-              size=$$(stat --printf="%s" "$$base")
-              mv "$$base" "/data/static_files/delete_me"
-              echo "Moved $$base to backup."
-            fi
-            # Handle files with extensions .conf and .off
-            for ext in .conf .off; do # Removed quotes and empty string from loop list
-              file="$${base}$${ext}"
-              if [[ -f "$$file" ]]; then
-                size=$$(stat --printf="%s" "$$file")
-                mv "$$file" "/data/static_files/delete_me"
-                echo "Moved $$file to backup."
-              fi
-            done
-          done
-        done
-        freed_bytes=$$(du -cb "/data/static_files/delete_me"/* | tail -1 | awk '{print $$1}')
-        echo "Moved files to backup. Total freed: $$freed_bytes bytes."
-        echo "Done."
+    entrypoint: [/scripts/prune-reth.sh]
     restart: no
     volumes:
+      - ./scripts/prune-reth.sh:/scripts/prune-reth.sh
       - /root/.local/share/reth:/data
 
 volumes:
diff --git a/scripts/prune-reth.sh b/scripts/prune-reth.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ee0891c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prune-reth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+set -u # Treat unset variables as an error when substituting.
+
+DATA_DIR="${DATA_DIR:-/data}"
+STATIC_FILES_DIR="${STATIC_FILES_DIR:-/data/static_files}"
+DELETE_DIR="${DELETE_DIR:-/data/static_files/delete_me}"
+
+echo "Starting Reth pruning process for static files in $STATIC_FILES_DIR..."
+
+mkdir -p "$DELETE_DIR"
+
+# Step 1: List base filenames (without .conf/.off) and sort by starting block number
+# Find files, remove extensions, sort uniquely, extract block number for numeric sort, then get original base name
+echo "Finding and sorting static files..."
+base_files=$(find "$STATIC_FILES_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name '*.conf' -o -name '*.off' -o -name '*[0-9]' \) | \
+             sed -E "s/\.(conf|off)$//" | \
+             sort -u | \
+             awk -F_ '{print $NF+0, $0}' | \
+             sort -n | \
+             cut -d" " -f2-)
+
+if [ -z "$base_files" ]; then
+    echo "No static files found to process."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Convert base_files to an array for easier manipulation
+readarray -t base_files_array <<< "$base_files"
+echo "Found ${#base_files_array[@]} unique base file ranges."
+
+# Step 3: Group files by prefix and block range, keeping only the last two block ranges
+declare -A file_groups
+
+# Group files by prefix
+echo "Grouping files by prefix..."
+for base in "${base_files_array[@]}"; do
+  prefix=$(echo "$base" | sed -E "s/_([0-9]+)$//")  # Get everything before the block range
+  block_range=$(echo "$base" | sed -E "s/.*_([0-9]+)$//")  # Get the block range
+  file_groups["$prefix"]+="$block_range:$base "
+done
+
+# Step 4: Process each group
+echo "Processing file groups to identify files for removal..."
+moved_count=0
+for prefix in "${!file_groups[@]}"; do
+  # Read ranges into an array, sorting numerically by block range (the part before ':')
+  readarray -t block_ranges < <(echo "${file_groups[$prefix]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -t: -k1,1n)
+
+  num_files=${#block_ranges[@]}
+  echo "Processing group '$prefix' with $num_files ranges."
+
+  # Keep the last 2 block ranges (or fewer if less than 2 exist)
+  keep_count=2
+  if [ "$num_files" -le "$keep_count" ]; then
+      echo "Keeping all files for group '$prefix' as there are $num_files ranges (<= $keep_count)."
+      continue
+  fi
+
+  num_to_move=$((num_files - keep_count))
+  echo "Identified $num_to_move ranges to move for group '$prefix'."
+
+  # Get the ranges to move (all except the last 'keep_count')
+  files_to_move=("${block_ranges[@]:0:$num_to_move}")
+
+  # Move files for the current group
+  for file_range in "${files_to_move[@]}"; do
+    base="${file_range#*:}"  # Remove block range part, keeping the full filename path
+
+    # Handle files with extensions .conf and .off first
+    for ext in .conf .off; do
+      file="${base}${ext}"
+      if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
+        echo "Moving $file to $DELETE_DIR"
+        mv "$file" "$DELETE_DIR/"
+        moved_count=$((moved_count + 1))
+      fi
+    done
+
+    # Handle base file (no extension) - check if it exists and is a file
+    if [[ -f "$base" && ! "$base" =~ \.(conf|off)$ ]]; then
+       echo "Moving $base to $DELETE_DIR"
+       mv "$base" "$DELETE_DIR/"
+       moved_count=$((moved_count + 1))
+    fi
+  done
+done
+
+if [ "$moved_count" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No files needed moving based on the retention policy."
+else
+    echo "Moved $moved_count files to $DELETE_DIR."
+    freed_bytes=$(du -cb "$DELETE_DIR"/* | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
+    echo "Total space potentially freed (before deletion): $freed_bytes bytes."
+fi
+
+# Optional: Add command to actually delete files in DELETE_DIR if desired
+# echo "Deleting files in $DELETE_DIR..."
+# rm -rf "$DELETE_DIR"/*
+
+echo "Pruning script finished." 
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