diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-reusable.yml
index 55ee294f..a7c08ca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-reusable.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm install
           npm start &
+          # Wait for the contracts to be deployed
+          sleep 5
 
       ## Part 2 Tests ##
       - name: Contract tests
diff --git a/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim b/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
index 40c7942d..21bf107f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ proc openLogFile(node: HardhatProcess, logFilePath: string): IoHandle =
 
 method start*(node: HardhatProcess) {.async.} =
   let poptions = node.processOptions + {AsyncProcessOption.StdErrToStdOut}
+
   trace "starting node",
     args = node.arguments,
     executable = node.executable,
@@ -63,10 +64,28 @@ method start*(node: HardhatProcess) {.async.} =
     node.process = await startProcess(
       node.executable,
       node.workingDir,
-      @["node", "--export", "deployment-localhost.json"].concat(node.arguments),
+      @["node"].concat(node.arguments),
       options = poptions,
       stdoutHandle = AsyncProcess.Pipe,
     )
+
+    await node.waitUntilStarted()
+
+    var execResult = await execCommandEx(
+      "cd " & node.workingDir() & " && " & node.workingDir() / node.executable() &
+        " run " & node.workingDir() / "scripts" / "mine.js --network localhost"
+    )
+
+    assert execResult.status == 0
+
+    execResult = await execCommandEx(
+      "cd " & node.workingDir() & " && " & node.workingDir() / node.executable() &
+        " ignition deploy ignition/modules/marketplace.js --network localhost"
+    )
+
+    assert execResult.status == 0
+
+    trace "hardhat post start scripts executed"
   except CancelledError as error:
     raise error
   except CatchableError as e:
diff --git a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
index a95fde58..42fff157 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
@@ -139,14 +139,12 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
         let updatedLogFile = getLogFile(role, none int)
         args.add "--log-file=" & updatedLogFile
 
-      let node = await HardhatProcess.startNode(args, config.debugEnabled, "hardhat")
       try:
-        await node.waitUntilStarted()
+        let node = await HardhatProcess.startNode(args, config.debugEnabled, "hardhat")
+        trace "hardhat node started"
+        return node
       except NodeProcessError as e:
-        raiseMultiNodeSuiteError "hardhat node not started: " & e.msg
-
-      trace "hardhat node started"
-      return node
+        raiseMultiNodeSuiteError "cannot start hardhat process: " & e.msg
 
     proc newCodexProcess(
         roleIdx: int, conf: CodexConfig, role: Role
diff --git a/vendor/codex-contracts-eth b/vendor/codex-contracts-eth
index 2dddc260..dee3d7b6 160000
--- a/vendor/codex-contracts-eth
+++ b/vendor/codex-contracts-eth
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2dddc260152b6e9c24ae372397f9b9b2d27ce8e4
+Subproject commit dee3d7b654de02db2e8a023e37120b51150ff6cb