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/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile_inference
similarity index 100%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to Dockerfile_inference
diff --git a/Dockerfile_worker b/Dockerfile_worker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..119a53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile_worker
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM alloranetwork/allora-offchain-node:latest
+
+COPY ./config.json /app/config.json
+
+ENV ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/app/config.json
+
+CMD ["./allora_offchain_node"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5d856e3..a8c959b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 services:
   inference:
     container_name: inference-basic-eth-pred
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile_inference
     command: python -u /app/app.py
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ services:
   
   updater:
     container_name: updater-basic-eth-pred
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile_inference
     environment:
       - INFERENCE_API_ADDRESS=http://inference:8000
     command: >
@@ -32,13 +36,14 @@ services:
   worker:
     container_name: worker
     image: alloranetwork/allora-offchain-node:latest
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile_worker
     volumes:
       - ./worker-data:/data
     depends_on:
       inference:
         condition: service_healthy
-    env_file:
-      - ./worker-data/env_file
 
 volumes:
   inference-data:
diff --git a/init.config b/init.config
deleted file mode 100755
index 2057f07..0000000
--- a/init.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-if [ ! -f config.json ]; then
-    echo "Error: config.json file not found, please provide one"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-nodeName=$(jq -r '.wallet.addressKeyName' config.json)
-if [ -z "$nodeName" ]; then
-    echo "No wallet name provided for the node, please provide your preferred wallet name. config.json >> wallet.addressKeyName"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-json_content=$(cat ./config.json)
-stringified_json=$(echo "$json_content" | jq -c .)
-
-mnemonic=$(jq -r '.wallet.addressRestoreMnemonic' config.json)
-if [ -n "$mnemonic" ]; then
-    echo "ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON='$stringified_json'" > ./worker-data/env_file
-    echo "NAME=$nodeName" >> ./worker-data/env_file
-    echo "ENV_LOADED=true" >> ./worker-data/env_file
-    
-    echo "wallet mnemonic already provided by you, loading config.json . Please proceed to run docker compose"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f ./worker-data/env_file ]; then
-    echo "ENV_LOADED=false" > ./worker-data/env_file
-fi
-
-ENV_LOADED=$(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"
-    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
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
diff --git a/worker-data/scripts/init.sh b/worker-data/scripts/init.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e6af84..0000000
--- a/worker-data/scripts/init.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-if allorad keys --home=/data/.allorad --keyring-backend test show $NAME > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-    echo "allora account: $NAME already imported"
-else
-    echo "creating allora account: $NAME"
-    output=$(allorad keys add $NAME --home=/data/.allorad --keyring-backend test 2>&1)
-    address=$(echo "$output" | grep 'address:' | sed 's/.*address: //')
-    mnemonic=$(echo "$output" | tail -n 1)
-    
-    # Parse and update the JSON string
-    updated_json=$(echo "$ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON" | jq --arg name "$NAME" --arg mnemonic "$mnemonic" '
-    .wallet.addressKeyName = $name |
-    .wallet.addressRestoreMnemonic = $mnemonic
-    ')
-    
-    stringified_json=$(echo "$updated_json" | jq -c .)
-    
-    echo "ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON='$stringified_json'" > /data/env_file
-    echo ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS=$address >> /data/env_file
-    echo "NAME=$NAME" >> /data/env_file
-    
-    echo "Updated ALLORA_OFFCHAIN_NODE_CONFIG_JSON saved to /data/env_file"
-fi
-
-
-if grep -q "ENV_LOADED=false" /data/env_file; then
-    sed -i 's/ENV_LOADED=false/ENV_LOADED=true/' /data/env_file
-else
-    echo "ENV_LOADED=true" >> /data/env_file
-fi