diff --git a/op/Dockerfile b/op/Dockerfile
index d8327fe3..90ec1596 100644
--- a/op/Dockerfile
+++ b/op/Dockerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ RUN git clone $OP_REPO --branch op-node/$OP_VERSION --single-branch . && \
     git switch -c branch-$OP_VERSION
 
 # Apply patch if provided and valid
-RUN if [[ -n "$OP_PATCH" && -f "$OP_PATCH" ]]; then \
-        git apply "$OP_PATCH"; \
+COPY ${OP_PATCH:-empty.patch} /tmp/my-patch.patch
+RUN if [ -n "$OP_PATCH" ]; then \
+      echo "Using patch file: $OP_PATCH"; \
+      cd op-node && git apply --verbose /tmp/my-patch.patch || \
+      (echo "Patch failed to apply!" && exit 1); \
     else \
-        echo "No valid patch file found in \$OP_PATCH"; \
+      echo "No patch file provided. Skipping."; \
     fi
 
 RUN cd op-node && \
@@ -46,4 +49,4 @@ COPY --from=geth /app/build/bin/geth ./
 COPY geth-entrypoint .
 COPY op-node-entrypoint .
 COPY sepolia ./sepolia
-COPY mainnet ./mainnet
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+COPY mainnet ./mainnet
diff --git a/op/empty.patch b/op/empty.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/op/sepolia/lisk/op-node.patch b/op/sepolia/lisk/op-node.patch
index 5f02b0ba..a2ab9692 100644
--- a/op/sepolia/lisk/op-node.patch
+++ b/op/sepolia/lisk/op-node.patch
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
-Subject: [PATCH] Lisk Sepolia patch
----
-Index: op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go
-IDEA additional info:
-Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
-<+>UTF-8
-===================================================================
 diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go
---- a/op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go	(revision bd0ef87f20bc2575c060571b92de9b4ce249fac5)
-+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go	(revision 8c0a1fc612c062a61253cb2763796f1bffe95e89)
-@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
+index 72c4e713c..f63157e29 100644
+--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go
++++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/system_config.go
+@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ func ProcessSystemConfigUpdateLogEvent(destSysCfg *eth.SystemConfig, ev *types.L
  		destSysCfg.GasLimit = gasLimit
  		return nil
  	case SystemConfigUpdateEIP1559Params:
-+		if !rollupCfg.IsHolocene(l1Time) {
-+			return nil // ignore event prior to Holocene
++	        if !rollupCfg.IsHolocene(l1Time) {
++		        return nil // ignore event prior to Holocene
 +		}
  		if pointer, err := solabi.ReadUint64(reader); err != nil || pointer != 32 {
  			return NewCriticalError(errors.New("invalid pointer field"))
- 		}
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+ 		}