diff --git a/.github/actions/prune-vm/action.yml b/.github/actions/prune-vm/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ee62082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/prune-vm/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Inspired by https://github.com/AdityaGarg8/remove-unwanted-software
+# to free up disk space. Currently removes Dotnet, Android and Haskell.
+name: Remove unwanted software
+description: Default GitHub runners come with a lot of unnecessary software
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Disk space report before modification
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "==> Available space before cleanup"
+        echo
+        df -h
+    - name: Maximize build disk space
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc 
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup
+    - name: Disk space report after modification
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+          echo "==> Available space after cleanup"
+          echo
+          df -h
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_common.yml b/.github/workflows/test_common.yml
index 4b22c8be..fc5a36c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_common.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 90
+    timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    - name: Remove unwanted software
+      uses: ./.github/actions/prune-vm
+
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.12'
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
index c7304261..85c22da0 100644
--- a/pyrightconfig.json
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
     "reportInvalidStringEscapeSequence": false,
     "reportWildcardImportFromLibrary": false,
     "venvPath": ".",
-    "venv": ".venv"
+    "venv": ".venv",
+    "typeCheckingMode": "off"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/waku_network.sh b/scripts/waku_network.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b1a1972c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/waku_network.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+printf "\nAssuming you already have a docker network called waku\n"
+# if not something like this should create it: docker network create --driver bridge --subnet 172.18.0.0/16 --gateway 172.18.0.1 waku
+
+cluster_id=4
+pubsub_topic="/waku/2/rs/$cluster_id/0"
+encoded_pubsub_topic=$(echo "$pubsub_topic" | sed 's:/:%2F:g')
+node_1=wakuorg/go-waku:latest
+node_2=wakuorg/go-waku:latest
+node_1_ip=172.18.45.95
+
+printf "\nStarting Bootstrap Node\n"
+container_id1=$(docker run -d -i -t -p 12297:12297 -p 12298:12298 -p 12299:12299 -p 12300:12300 -p 12301:12301 $node_1 --listen-address=0.0.0.0 --rest=true --rest-admin=true --websocket-support=true --log-level=DEBUG --rest-relay-cache-capacity=100 --websocket-port=12299 --rest-port=12297 --tcp-port=12298 --discv5-udp-port=12300 --rest-address=0.0.0.0 --nat=extip:$node_1_ip --peer-exchange=true --discv5-discovery=true --cluster-id=$cluster_id --relay=true --store=true --nodekey=30348dd51465150e04a5d9d932c72864c8967f806cce60b5d26afeca1e77eb68)
+docker network connect --ip $node_1_ip waku $container_id1
+sleep 1
+
+info1=$(curl -X GET "http://127.0.0.1:12297/debug/v1/info" -H "accept: application/json")
+enrUri=$(echo $info1 | jq -r '.enrUri')
+
+printf "\nStarting Second Node\n"
+container_id2=$(docker run -d -i -t -p 8158:8158 -p 8159:8159 -p 8160:8160 -p 8161:8161 -p 8162:8162 $node_2 --listen-address=0.0.0.0 --rest=true --rest-admin=true --websocket-support=true --log-level=DEBUG --rest-relay-cache-capacity=100 --websocket-port=8160 --rest-port=8158 --tcp-port=8159 --discv5-udp-port=8161 --rest-address=0.0.0.0 --nat=extip:172.18.207.159 --peer-exchange=true --discv5-discovery=true --cluster-id=$cluster_id --relay=true --discv5-bootstrap-node=$enrUri)
+docker network connect --ip 172.18.207.159 waku $container_id2
+sleep 1
+
+printf "\nSubscribe\n"
+curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:12297/relay/v1/subscriptions" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "[\"$pubsub_topic\"]"
+curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8158/relay/v1/subscriptions" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "[\"$pubsub_topic\"]"
+sleep 0.1
+
+printf "\nRelay from NODE1\n"                            
+curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:12297/relay/v1/messages/$encoded_pubsub_topic" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"payload": "UmVsYXkgd29ya3MhIQ==", "contentTopic": "/test/1/waku-relay/proto", "timestamp": '$(date +%s%N)'}'
+sleep 0.1
+
+printf "\nCheck message in NODE2\n"
+response=$(curl -X GET "http://127.0.0.1:8158/relay/v1/messages/$encoded_pubsub_topic" -H "Content-Type: application/json")
+
+printf "\nResponse: $response\n\n"
+
+printf "NODE1 INFO: $info1\n\n"
+
+printf "NODE1 ENR: $enrUri\n\n"
+
+# Extract the first non-WebSocket address
+ws_address=$(echo $info1 | jq -r '.listenAddresses[] | select(contains("/ws") | not)')
+
+# Check if we got an address, and construct the new address with it
+if [[ $ws_address != "" ]]; then
+    identifier=$(echo $ws_address | awk -F'/p2p/' '{print $2}')
+    if [[ $identifier != "" ]]; then
+        multiaddr_with_id="/ip4/${node_1_ip}/tcp/${node_1_tcp}/p2p/${identifier}"
+        printf "NODE1 MULTIADDRESS: $multiaddr_with_id\n\n"
+        enrUri=$(echo $info1 | jq -r '.enrUri')
+    else
+        echo "No identifier found in the address."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "No non-WebSocket address found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/src/node/docker_mananger.py b/src/node/docker_mananger.py
index de4901f9..44329d09 100644
--- a/src/node/docker_mananger.py
+++ b/src/node/docker_mananger.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import os
 import re
+import time
 from src.libs.custom_logger import get_custom_logger
 import random
 import threading
 import docker
 from src.env_vars import NETWORK_NAME, SUBNET, IP_RANGE, GATEWAY
 from docker.types import IPAMConfig, IPAMPool
-from docker.errors import NotFound
+from docker.errors import NotFound, APIError
 
 logger = get_custom_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -63,9 +64,35 @@ class DockerManager:
 
     def _log_container_output(self, container, log_path):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(log_path), exist_ok=True)
-        with open(log_path, "wb+") as log_file:
-            for chunk in container.logs(stream=True):
-                log_file.write(chunk)
+        retry_count = 0
+        start_time = time.time()
+        try:
+            with open(log_path, "wb+") as log_file:
+                while True:
+                    if container.status in ["exited", "dead"]:
+                        logger.info(f"Container {container.short_id} has stopped. Exiting log stream.")
+                        return
+                    try:
+                        for chunk in container.logs(stream=True):
+                            if chunk:
+                                log_file.write(chunk)
+                                log_file.flush()
+                                start_time = time.time()
+                                retry_count = 0
+                            else:
+                                if time.time() - start_time > 5:
+                                    logger.warning(f"Log stream timeout for container {container.short_id}")
+                                    return
+                    except (APIError, IOError) as e:
+                        retry_count += 1
+                        if retry_count >= 5:
+                            logger.error(f"Max retries reached for container {container.short_id}. Exiting log stream.")
+                            return
+                        time.sleep(0.2)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        return
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to set up logging for container {container.short_id}: {e}")
 
     def generate_ports(self, base_port=None, count=5):
         if base_port is None: