diff --git a/cluster_config/cfgsync-template.yaml b/cluster_config/cfgsync-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..308c315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster_config/cfgsync-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+port: 4400
+n_hosts: {{ num_hosts }}
+timeout: 30
+
+# ConsensusConfig related parameters
+security_param: 10
+active_slot_coeff: 0.9
+
+# DaConfig related parameters
+subnetwork_size: {{ subnet_size }}
+dispersal_factor: 2
+num_samples: 1
+num_subnets: 2
+old_blobs_check_interval_secs: 5
+blobs_validity_duration_secs: 60
+global_params_path: "/kzgrs_test_params"
+
+# Tracing
+tracing_settings:
+  logger: Stdout
+  tracing: !Otlp
+    endpoint: http://tempo:4317/
+    sample_ratio: 0.5
+    service_name: node
+  filter: !EnvFilter
+    filters:
+      nomos: debug
+  metrics: !Otlp
+    endpoint: http://prometheus:9090/api/v1/otlp/v1/metrics
+    host_identifier: node
+  level: INFO
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diff --git a/cluster_config/cfgsync.yaml b/cluster_config/cfgsync.yaml
index 10840a5..64b1df0 100644
--- a/cluster_config/cfgsync.yaml
+++ b/cluster_config/cfgsync.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ security_param: 10
 active_slot_coeff: 0.9
 
 # DaConfig related parameters
-subnetwork_size: 2
+subnetwork_size: 1024
 dispersal_factor: 2
 num_samples: 1
 num_subnets: 2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2965db5..0733397 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ typing-inspect==0.9.0
 typing_extensions==4.9.0
 urllib3==2.2.2
 virtualenv==20.25.0
+Jinja2~=3.1.5
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diff --git a/src/steps/common.py b/src/steps/common.py
index a2f74f4..9ddb65d 100644
--- a/src/steps/common.py
+++ b/src/steps/common.py
@@ -8,15 +8,24 @@ from src.env_vars import CFGSYNC, NOMOS, NOMOS_EXECUTOR
 from src.libs.custom_logger import get_custom_logger
 from src.node.nomos_node import NomosNode
 
+from jinja2 import Template
+
 logger = get_custom_logger(__name__)
 
 
 def prepare_cluster_config(node_count, subnetwork_size=2):
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     config_dir = "cluster_config"
-    src = f"{cwd}/{config_dir}/cfgsync-{node_count}node{subnetwork_size}.yaml"
-    dst = f"{cwd}/{config_dir}/cfgsync.yaml"
-    shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
+
+    with open(f"{cwd}/{config_dir}/cfgsync-template.yaml", "r") as file:
+        template_content = file.read()
+    template = Template(template_content)
+
+    rendered = template.render(num_hosts=node_count, subnet_size=subnetwork_size)
+    logger.debug(f"Rendered template {rendered}")
+
+    with open(f"{cwd}/{config_dir}/cfgsync.yaml", "w") as outfile:
+        outfile.write(rendered)
 
 
 def start_nodes(nodes):
diff --git a/tests/networking_privacy/test_networking_privacy.py b/tests/networking_privacy/test_networking_privacy.py
index aab916e..a912380 100644
--- a/tests/networking_privacy/test_networking_privacy.py
+++ b/tests/networking_privacy/test_networking_privacy.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ class TestNetworkingPrivacy(StepsDataAvailability):
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("setup_2_node_cluster", [1024], indirect=True)
     def test_consumed_bandwidth_dispersal(self, setup_2_node_cluster):
         delay(5)
-        self.disperse_data(DATA_TO_DISPERSE[1], to_app_id(1), to_index(0))
+        # self.disperse_data(DATA_TO_DISPERSE[1], to_app_id(1), to_index(0))