diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3391da3ab..1f1aaaa79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ clean_eth2_network_simulation_files:
 eth2_network_simulation: | beacon_node validator_keygen clean_eth2_network_simulation_files
 	SKIP_BUILDS=1 GIT_ROOT="$$PWD" BUILD_OUTPUTS_DIR="./build" tests/simulation/start.sh
 
+clean-testnet0:
+	rm -rf ~/.cache/nimbus/BeaconNode/testnet0
+
+testnet0-nocleaning: | build deps
+	../../env.sh scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh testnet0
+
+testnet0: | clean-testnet0 testnet0-nocleaning
+
+clean-testnet1:
+	rm -rf ~/.cache/nimbus/BeaconNode/testnet1
+
+testnet1-nocleaning: | build deps
+	../../env.sh scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh testnet1
+
+testnet1: | clean-testnet1 testnet1-nocleaning
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf build/{$(TOOLS_CSV),all_tests,*.exe} nimcache
 
diff --git a/scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh b/scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh
index 3acf7320e..b8acf4158 100755
--- a/scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+
+[ -z "$1" ] && { echo "Usage: `basename $0` testnetX"; exit 1; }
+
 set -eu
+
 cd $(dirname "$0")
 
-NETWORK_NAME=$1
+NETWORK_NAME="$1"
 source "$NETWORK_NAME.env"
 
 cd ..
 
-NIM_FLAGS="-d:release --lineTrace:on -d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG -d:SECONDS_PER_SLOT=$SECONDS_PER_SLOT -d:SHARD_COUNT=$SHARD_COUNT -d:SLOTS_PER_EPOCH=$SLOTS_PER_EPOCH"
+NIM_FLAGS="-d:release --lineTrace:on -d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG -d:SECONDS_PER_SLOT=$SECONDS_PER_SLOT -d:SHARD_COUNT=$SHARD_COUNT -d:SLOTS_PER_EPOCH=$SLOTS_PER_EPOCH --hints:off --verbosity:0"
 
-BEACON_NODE_BIN=${NETWORK_NAME}_node
+BEACON_NODE_BIN="build/${NETWORK_NAME}_node"
 
-nim c $NIM_FLAGS -o:"./$BEACON_NODE_BIN" beacon_chain/beacon_node
+CMD="nim c $NIM_FLAGS -o:$BEACON_NODE_BIN beacon_chain/beacon_node"
+echo "$CMD"
+$CMD
 
-if [ ! -d ~/.cache/nimbus/BeaconNode/$NETWORK_NAME/validators ]; then
-  ./$BEACON_NODE_BIN --network=$NETWORK_NAME importValidator
+if [ ! -d ~/.cache/nimbus/BeaconNode/${NETWORK_NAME}/validators ]; then
+  $BEACON_NODE_BIN --network=$NETWORK_NAME importValidator
 fi
 
-./$BEACON_NODE_BIN --network=$NETWORK_NAME --tcpPort:$BOOTSTRAP_PORT --udpPort:$BOOTSTRAP_PORT
+$BEACON_NODE_BIN --network=$NETWORK_NAME --tcpPort:$BOOTSTRAP_PORT --udpPort:$BOOTSTRAP_PORT