diff --git a/container/container.go b/container/container.go
index 424e451..62678d0 100644
--- a/container/container.go
+++ b/container/container.go
@@ -207,7 +207,11 @@ func (m *Manager) RunBabylondResource(
 				"--btc-confirmation-depth=2 --additional-sender-account --btc-network=regtest "+
 				"--min-staking-time-blocks=200 --min-staking-amount-sat=10000 "+
 				"--epoch-interval=%d --slashing-pk-script=%s --btc-base-header=%s "+
-				"--covenant-quorum=1 --covenant-pks=%s && chmod -R 777 /home && babylond start --home=/home/node0/babylond --rpc.pprof_laddr=0.0.0.0:6060",
+				"--covenant-quorum=1 --covenant-pks=%s && "+
+				"chmod -R 777 /home && "+
+				"sed -i -e 's/iavl-cache-size = 781250/iavl-cache-size = 0/' /home/node0/babylond/config/app.toml && "+ // disable the cache otherwise we go OOM
+				"sed -i -e 's/iavl-disable-fastnode = false/iavl-disable-fastnode = true/' /home/node0/babylond/config/app.toml && "+
+				"babylond start --home=/home/node0/babylond --rpc.pprof_laddr=0.0.0.0:6060",
 			epochInterval, slashingPkScript, baseHeaderHex, bbn.NewBIP340PubKeyFromBTCPK(CovenantPubKey).MarshalHex()),
 	}