diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97056b3..f8947f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ logs/*
 .allorad
 .cache
 inference-data
+worker-data
 
 config.json
 env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5d856e3..a206f6a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   inference-data:
-  worker-data:
+  worker-data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/init.config b/init.config
index 2057f07..25833ae 100755
--- a/init.config
+++ b/init.config
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ if [ -n "$mnemonic" ]; then
     echo "ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON='$stringified_json'" > ./worker-data/env_file
     echo "NAME=$nodeName" >> ./worker-data/env_file
     echo "ENV_LOADED=true" >> ./worker-data/env_file
-    
     echo "wallet mnemonic already provided by you, loading config.json . Please proceed to run docker compose"
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Ensure the worker-data directory exists
+mkdir -p ./worker-data
+
 if [ ! -f ./worker-data/env_file ]; then
     echo "ENV_LOADED=false" > ./worker-data/env_file
 fi
@@ -34,9 +36,8 @@ ENV_LOADED=$(grep '^ENV_LOADED=' ./worker-data/env_file | cut -d '=' -f 2)
 if [ "$ENV_LOADED" = "false" ]; then
     json_content=$(cat ./config.json)
     stringified_json=$(echo "$json_content" | jq -c .)
-    
-    docker run -it --entrypoint=bash -v $(pwd)/worker-data:/data -e NAME="${nodeName}" -e ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON="${stringified_json}" alloranetwork/allora-chain:latest -c "bash /data/scripts/init.sh"
+    docker run -it --entrypoint=bash -v $(pwd)/worker-data:/data -v $(pwd)/scripts:/scripts -e NAME="${nodeName}" -e ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON="${stringified_json}" alloranetwork/allora-chain:latest -c "bash /scripts/init.sh"
     echo "config.json saved to ./worker-data/env_file"
 else
     echo "config.json is already loaded, skipping the operation. You can set ENV_LOADED variable to false in ./worker-data/env_file to reload the config.json"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi	
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/worker-data/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from worker-data/scripts/init.sh
rename to scripts/init.sh
diff --git a/worker-data/env_file b/worker-data/env_file
deleted file mode 100644
index c5ab53a..0000000
--- a/worker-data/env_file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON='{"wallet":{"addressKeyName":"test-basic","addressRestoreMnemonic":"your mnemonic will go here","alloraHomeDir":"","gas":"1000000","gasAdjustment":1,"nodeRpc":"https://allora-rpc.devnet.behindthecurtain.xyz","maxRetries":1,"delay":1,"submitTx":false},"worker":[{"topicId":1,"inferenceEntrypointName":"api-worker-reputer","loopSeconds":5,"parameters":{"InferenceEndpoint":"http://inference:8000/inference/{Token}","Token":"ETH"}}]}'
-NAME=test-basic
-ENV_LOADED=true