diff --git a/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-archive-trace.yml b/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-archive-trace.yml
index 01a468a1..9dfe8830 100644
--- a/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-archive-trace.yml
+++ b/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-archive-trace.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       - "CHAINNAME=bepolia"
       - "CHAINID=80069"
       - "AUTH_RPC=http://berachain-bepolia-archive:8551"
+      - "CHAIN_SPEC=testnet"
     entrypoint: [ "sh", "/init.sh" ]
     networks:
       - chains
diff --git a/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-pruned-trace.yml b/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-pruned-trace.yml
index bfaf8ae3..3131bbe2 100644
--- a/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-pruned-trace.yml
+++ b/berachain/reth/berachain-bepolia-reth-pruned-trace.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       - "CHAINNAME=bepolia"
       - "CHAINID=80069"
       - "AUTH_RPC=http://berachain-bepolia:8551"
+      - "CHAIN_SPEC=testnet"
     entrypoint: [ "sh", "/init.sh" ]
     networks:
       - chains
diff --git a/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-archive-trace.yml b/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-archive-trace.yml
index ae7f6af5..f0a00d90 100644
--- a/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-archive-trace.yml
+++ b/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-archive-trace.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       - "CHAINNAME=mainnet"
       - "CHAINID=80094"
       - "AUTH_RPC=http://berachain-mainnet-archive:8551"
+      - "CHAIN_SPEC=mainnet"
     entrypoint: [ "sh", "/init.sh" ]
     networks:
       - chains
diff --git a/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-pruned-trace.yml b/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-pruned-trace.yml
index b1c457bb..2731ca88 100644
--- a/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-pruned-trace.yml
+++ b/berachain/reth/berachain-mainnet-reth-pruned-trace.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       - "CHAINNAME=mainnet"
       - "CHAINID=80094"
       - "AUTH_RPC=http://berachain-mainnet:8551"
+      - "CHAIN_SPEC=mainnet"
     entrypoint: [ "sh", "/init.sh" ]
     networks:
       - chains
diff --git a/berachain/scripts/init.sh b/berachain/scripts/init.sh
index e9fe2490..ceae2548 100644
--- a/berachain/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/berachain/scripts/init.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ CHAINID=${CHAINID:-80069}
 CHAINNAME=${CHAINNAME:-bepolia}
 AUTH_RPC=${AUTH_RPC:-http://berachain-bepolia:8551} # just as example
 
-if [ "$CHAINNAME" == "mainnet" ]; then
-    export CHAIN_SPEC="mainnet"
-else
-    export CHAIN_SPEC="testnet"
-fi
+#if [ "$CHAINNAME" == "mainnet" ]; then
+#    export CHAIN_SPEC="mainnet"
+#else
+#    export CHAIN_SPEC="testnet"
+#fi
 
 BEACOND=${BEACOND_PATH:-beacond}
 CONFIG_DIR="/root/.beacond/config"