diff --git a/Dockerfile_inference b/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from Dockerfile_inference
rename to Dockerfile
diff --git a/Dockerfile_worker b/Dockerfile_worker
deleted file mode 100644
index 119a53d..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile_worker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-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"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a8c959b..a206f6a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 services:
   inference:
     container_name: inference-basic-eth-pred
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile_inference
+    build: .
     command: python -u /app/app.py
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
@@ -17,9 +15,7 @@ services:
   
   updater:
     container_name: updater-basic-eth-pred
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile_inference
+    build: .
     environment:
       - INFERENCE_API_ADDRESS=http://inference:8000
     command: >
@@ -36,15 +32,14 @@ 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:
-  worker-data:
+  worker-data:
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diff --git a/init.config b/init.config
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..658fbb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.config
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/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 -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
+	
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diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e6af84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/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