diff --git a/scripts/make_states.sh b/scripts/make_states.sh
index e88f2af4b..2a89e8e48 100755
--- a/scripts/make_states.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_states.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ set -e
 
 trap "exit" INT
 
-if [ -z "$3" ]
+if [ -z "$4" ]
   then
-    echo "Syntax: make_states.sh datadir era1dir statsdir [startdir]"
+    echo "Syntax: make_states.sh datadir era1dir eradir statsdir [startdir]"
     exit 1;
 fi
 
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@ REV=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
 DATA_DIR="$1/${DATE}-${REV}"
 
 mkdir -p "$DATA_DIR"
-[ "$4" ] && cp -ar "$4"/* "$DATA_DIR"
+[ "$5" ] && cp -ar "$5"/* "$DATA_DIR"
 
 while true;
 do
   "$SCRIPT_DIR/../build/nimbus" import \
     --data-dir:"${DATA_DIR}" \
     --era1-dir:"$2" \
+    --era-dir:"$3" \
     --debug-csv-stats:"$3/stats-${DATE}-${REV}.csv" \
-    --max-blocks:100000
+    --max-blocks:1000000
   cp -ar "$1/${DATE}-${REV}" "$1/${DATE}-${REV}"-$(printf "%04d" $counter)
   counter=$((counter+1))
 done