diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 56f5c72f..fe620a87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ############################# HELP MESSAGE #############################
 # Make sure the help command stays first, so that it's printed by default when `make` is called without arguments
+PHONY: reset-anvil
 .PHONY: help tests
 help:
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ CHAINID=31337
 STRATEGY_ADDRESS=0x7a2088a1bFc9d81c55368AE168C2C02570cB814F
 DEPLOYMENT_FILES_DIR=contracts/script/output/${CHAINID}
 
+reset-anvil:
+	-docker stop anvil
+	-docker rm anvil
+
 -----------------------------: ##
 
 ___CONTRACTS___: ##
@@ -20,15 +25,15 @@ ___CONTRACTS___: ##
 build-contracts: ## builds all contracts
 	cd contracts && forge build
 
-deploy-eigenlayer-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state: ## Deploy eigenlayer
+deploy-eigenlayer-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state: reset-anvil ## Deploy eigenlayer
 	./utils/anvil/deploy-eigenlayer-save-anvil-state.sh
 
-deploy-hello-world-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state: ## Deploy avs
+deploy-hello-world-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state: reset-anvil ## Deploy avs
 	./utils/anvil/deploy-avs-save-anvil-state.sh
 
-deploy-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state: deploy-eigenlayer-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state deploy-hello-world-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state ## deploy eigenlayer, shared avs contracts, and inc-sq contracts (part of quickstart)
+deploy-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state: reset-anvil deploy-eigenlayer-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state deploy-hello-world-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state ## deploy eigenlayer, shared avs contracts, and inc-sq contracts (part of quickstart)
 
-start-chain-with-contracts-deployed: ## starts anvil from a saved state file (with el and avs contracts deployed)
+start-chain-with-contracts-deployed: reset-anvil  ## starts anvil from a saved state file (with el and avs contracts deployed)
 	./utils/anvil/start-anvil-chain-with-el-and-avs-deployed.sh
 
 # start-chain-and-deploy-hello-world-avs: build-contracts deploy-contracts-to-anvil-and-save-state start-anvil-chain-with-el-and-avs-deployed