diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml b/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml
index 980a0a5..7b7f6f1 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/faucet-miners.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # stage contains the network name
 miner_network: '{{ stage }}'
-miner_account_pass: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/miners-pass")}}'
 miner_base_account_addr: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/account-addr")}}'
 miner_base_account_pass: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/account-pass")}}'
+miner_base_account_json: '{{lookup("passwordstore", "services/faucet/account-json")}}'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml
index c888859..2a8a2c3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ miner_network_ids:
 
 miner_network: ~
 miner_network_id: '{{ miner_network_ids[miner_network] | mandatory }}'
-# miner etherum account
-miner_account_pass: ~
 # miner reward account
 miner_base_account_pass: ~
 miner_base_account_addr: ~
+miner_base_account_json: ~
 
 miner_cont_tag: v1.8.23
 miner_cont_image: 'ethereum/client-go:{{ miner_cont_tag }}'
 miner_cont_name: 'geth-miner'
 miner_cont_vol: '/docker/{{ miner_cont_name }}'
 
+miner_verbosity: 3
 miner_extra_data: 'Status.im Miner'
 miner_main_port: 30303
 miner_rpc_port: 8545
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml
index 21d80c1..db63e58 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/config.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
 ---
 - name: Create container folders
   file:
-    path: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data'
+    path: '{{ item }}'
     state: directory
     mode: 0750
     owner: dockremap
     group: docker
+  with_items:
+    - '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data'
+    - '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data/keystore'
 
 - name: Create account password file
   copy:
-    dest: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data/account.pass'
-    content: '{{ miner_account_pass }}'
-    mode: 0750
+    dest: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data/keystore/faucet.pass'
+    content: '{{ miner_base_account_pass | mandatory }}'
+    mode: 0640
     owner: dockremap
     group: docker
 
-
-- name: Create miner account
-  docker_container:
-    name: 'miner-account-gen'
-    image: '{{ miner_cont_image }}'
-    user: root
-    pull: true
-    command: |
-      account new
-      --datadir=/data
-      --password=/data/account.pass
-    volumes:
-      - '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data:/data:rw'
+- name: Create account keystore file
+  copy:
+    dest: '{{ miner_cont_vol }}/data/keystore/faucet.json'
+    content: '{{ miner_base_account_json | mandatory }}'
+    mode: 0640
+    owner: dockremap
+    group: docker
diff --git a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml
index 59cff6e..8799e8e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/geth-miner/tasks/container.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     command: |
       --networkid={{ miner_network_id }}
       --datadir=/data
-      --password=/data/account.pass
+      --password=/data/keystore/faucet.pass
       --shh 
       --shh.pow={{ miner_shh_pow }}
       --rpc