diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5045b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "submodules/waku-rln-contract"]
+	path = submodules/waku-rln-contract
+	url = https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rln-contract.git
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index af3e37a..0aff6a7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ services:
     labels:
       com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable: '${WATCHTOWER_ENABLED:-false}'
     ports:
-      - 127.0.0.1:8541:8541
+      - 127.0.0.1:8545:8545
     command: >
       "anvil 
-      --port=8541
+      --port=8545
       --host=0.0.0.0 
       --chain-id=1337 
       --block-time=12 
       --accounts=1
-      --allow-origin=*"
+      --allow-origin=*
+      --silent"
     networks:
       - simulation
 
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ services:
     deploy:
       replicas: ${NUM_NWAKU_NODES:-5}
     entrypoint: sh
+    environment:
+      - RPC_URL=http://foundry:8545
+      - PRIVATE_KEY=0xac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80
+      - RLN_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=0x9fE46736679d2D9a65F0992F2272dE9f3c7fa6e0
+      - RLN_CREDENTIAL_PATH=/keystore.json
+      - RLN_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD=passw123
     command:
       - '/opt/run_nwaku.sh'
     volumes:
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:8090:8090
     environment:
-      - NODE_ENDPOINT=http://foundry:8541
+      - NODE_ENDPOINT=http://foundry:8545
       - MONGO_CLIENT_URI=mongodb://mongodb:27017
       - REINDEX_ENDPOINT=http://ingestion/reindex/
       - MONGO_DB_NAME=epirus
@@ -197,7 +204,7 @@ services:
   ingestion:
     image: web3labs/epirus-free-ingestion:latest
     environment:
-      - NODE_ENDPOINT=http://foundry:8541
+      - NODE_ENDPOINT=http://foundry:8545
       - MONGO_CLIENT_URI=mongodb://mongodb:27017
       - MONGO_DB_NAME=epirus
       - LIST_OF_METRICS_TO_CALCULATE_PER_MINUTE=hourly,daily,monthly,yearly
diff --git a/run_bootstrap.sh b/run_bootstrap.sh
index ff7dac1..28c905b 100755
--- a/run_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/run_bootstrap.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ echo "I am a bootstrap node"
 
 exec /usr/bin/wakunode\
       --relay=true\
-      --rest=true\
-      --rest-admin=true\
-      --rest-private=true\
-      --rest-address=0.0.0.0\
       --keep-alive=true\
       --max-connections=300\
       --dns-discovery=true\
@@ -19,4 +15,8 @@ exec /usr/bin/wakunode\
       --metrics-server=True\
       --metrics-server-address=0.0.0.0\
       --nodekey=30348dd51465150e04a5d9d932c72864c8967f806cce60b5d26afeca1e77eb68\
-      --nat=extip:${IP}
\ No newline at end of file
+      --nat=extip:${IP}\
+      --rest=true\
+      --rest-admin=true\
+      --rest-private=true\
+      --rest-address=0.0.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run_nwaku.sh b/run_nwaku.sh
index 438bed0..8dc15c8 100755
--- a/run_nwaku.sh
+++ b/run_nwaku.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Install bind-tools package used for domainname resolution
+apk add bind-tools
+
+if test -f .env; then
+  echo "Using .env file"  
+  . $(pwd)/.env
+fi
+
+# Function to extract IP address from URL, resolve the IP and replace it in the original URL
+get_ip_address_and_replace() {
+    local url=$1
+    local domain_name=$(echo $RPC_URL | awk -F[/:] '{print $4}')
+    local ip_address=$(dig +short $domain_name)
+    valid_rpc_url="${url/$domain_name/$ip_address}" 
+    echo $valid_rpc_url
+}
+
+# the format of the RPC URL is checked in the generateRlnKeystore command and hostnames are not valid
+pattern="^(https?):\/\/((localhost)|([\w_-]+(?:(?:\.[\w_-]+)+)))(:[0-9]{1,5})?([\w.,@?^=%&:\/~+#-]*[\w@?^=%&\/~+#-])*"
+# Perform regex matching
+if [[ $RPC_URL =~ $pattern ]]; then
+    echo "RPC URL is valid"
+else
+    echo "RPC URL is invalid: $RPC_URL. Attempting to resolve hostname."
+    resolved_rpc_url="$(get_ip_address_and_replace $RPC_URL)"
+    if [ -z "$resolved_rpc_url" ]; then
+        echo -e "Failed to retrieve IP address for $RPC_URL\n"
+    else
+        echo -e "Resolved RPC URL for $RPC_URL: $resolved_rpc_url"
+        RPC_URL="$resolved_rpc_url"
+    fi
+fi
+
+if test -f .$RLN_CREDENTIAL_PATH; then
+  echo "$RLN_CREDENTIAL_PATH already exists. Use it instead of creating a new one."
+else
+  /usr/bin/wakunode generateRlnKeystore \
+    --rln-relay-eth-client-address="$RPC_URL" \
+    --rln-relay-eth-private-key=$PRIVATE_KEY  \
+    --rln-relay-eth-contract-address=$RLN_CONTRACT_ADDRESS \
+    --rln-relay-cred-path=$RLN_CREDENTIAL_PATH \
+    --rln-relay-cred-password=$RLN_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD \
+    --execute
+fi
+
 IP=$(ip a | grep "inet " | grep -Fv 127.0.0.1 | sed 's/.*inet \([^/]*\).*/\1/')
 
 echo "I am a nwaku node"
@@ -34,8 +79,11 @@ exec /usr/bin/wakunode\
       --rest-private=true\
       --rest-address=0.0.0.0\
       --rln-relay=true\
-      --rln-relay-dynamic=false\
-      --rln-relay-membership-index=${NODE_INDEX}\
+      --rln-relay-dynamic=true\
+      --rln-relay-eth-client-address="$RPC_URL"\
+      --rln-relay-eth-contract-address=$RLN_CONTRACT_ADDRESS\
+      --rln-relay-cred-path=$RLN_CREDENTIAL_PATH\
+      --rln-relay-cred-password=$RLN_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD\
       --dns-discovery=true\
       --discv5-discovery=true\
       --discv5-enr-auto-update=True\
@@ -43,4 +91,4 @@ exec /usr/bin/wakunode\
       --metrics-server=True\
       --metrics-server-address=0.0.0.0\
       --discv5-bootstrap-node=${BOOTSTRAP_ENR}\
-      --nat=extip:${IP}
+      --nat=extip:${IP}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/submodules/waku-rln-contract b/submodules/waku-rln-contract
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..a01daa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/waku-rln-contract
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a01daa8b9475a5dd23db47625e86f585963dd473