diff --git a/multichain-testing/package.json b/multichain-testing/package.json
index 7088cc34fb2..781b7825dc3 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/package.json
+++ b/multichain-testing/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "execa": "^9.2.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "patch-package": "^8.0.0",
-    "starshipjs": "2.0.0",
+    "starshipjs": "2.4.0",
     "tsimp": "^2.0.10",
     "tsx": "^4.15.6",
     "typescript": "^5.3.3"
diff --git a/multichain-testing/patches/starshipjs+2.0.0.patch b/multichain-testing/patches/starshipjs+2.0.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d8c2ab9a825..00000000000
--- a/multichain-testing/patches/starshipjs+2.0.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/starshipjs/hooks.js b/node_modules/starshipjs/hooks.js
-index fb3e3cf..6b6567b 100644
---- a/node_modules/starshipjs/hooks.js
-+++ b/node_modules/starshipjs/hooks.js
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const useRegistry = async (configFile) => {
-     const registryUrl = `http://localhost:${config.registry.ports.rest}`;
-     const urls = [];
-     config.chains?.forEach((chain) => {
--        urls.push(`${registryUrl}/chains/${chain.name}`, `${registryUrl}/chains/${chain.name}/assets`);
-+        urls.push(`${registryUrl}/chains/${chain.id}`, `${registryUrl}/chains/${chain.id}/assets`);
-     });
-     config.relayers?.forEach((relayer) => {
-         urls.push(`${registryUrl}/ibc/${relayer.chains[0]}/${relayer.chains[1]}`, `${registryUrl}/ibc/${relayer.chains[1]}/${relayer.chains[0]}`);
-@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ const useChain = (chainName) => {
-     const chainInfo = registry.getChainInfo(chainName);
-     const chainID = chainInfo.chain.chain_id;
-     const getRpcEndpoint = () => {
--        return `http://localhost:${config.chains.find((chain) => chain.name === chainID).ports.rpc}`;
-+        return `http://localhost:${config.chains.find((chain) => chain.id === chainID).ports.rpc}`;
-     };
-     const getRestEndpoint = () => {
--        return `http://localhost:${config.chains.find((chain) => chain.name === chainID).ports.rest}`;
-+        return `http://localhost:${config.chains.find((chain) => chain.id === chainID).ports.rest}`;
-     };
-     const getGenesisMnemonic = async () => {
-         const url = `http://localhost:${config.registry.ports.rest}/chains/${chainID}/keys`;
-@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const useChain = (chainName) => {
-         return chainInfo.fetcher.getChainAssetList(chainName).assets[0];
-     };
-     const creditFromFaucet = async (address, denom = null) => {
--        const faucetEndpoint = `http://localhost:${config.chains.find((chain) => chain.name === chainID).ports.faucet}/credit`;
-+        const faucetEndpoint = `http://localhost:${config.chains.find((chain) => chain.id === chainID).ports.faucet}/credit`;
-         if (!denom) {
-             denom = getCoin().base;
-         }
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/auto-stake-it.test.ts b/multichain-testing/test/auto-stake-it.test.ts
index 06cea4c4f10..0c1ab6abbe7 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/test/auto-stake-it.test.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/auto-stake-it.test.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const autoStakeItScenario = test.macro({
     const { portId, channelId } =
       agoricConns[remoteChainInfo.chainId].transferChannel;
     const agoricQueryClient = makeQueryClient(
-      useChain('agoric').getRestEndpoint(),
+      await useChain('agoric').getRestEndpoint(),
     );
     const stakingDenom = remoteChainInfo?.stakingTokens?.[0].denom;
     if (!stakingDenom) throw Error(`staking denom found for ${chainName}`);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const autoStakeItScenario = test.macro({
 
     // 3. Find a remoteChain validator to delegate to
     const remoteQueryClient = makeQueryClient(
-      useChain(chainName).getRestEndpoint(),
+      await useChain(chainName).getRestEndpoint(),
     );
     const { validators } = await remoteQueryClient.queryValidators();
     const validatorAddress = validators[0]?.operator_address;
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/smart-wallet.test.ts b/multichain-testing/test/smart-wallet.test.ts
index ceaea0aa555..4dc3d664e45 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/test/smart-wallet.test.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/smart-wallet.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ test('provision smart wallet', async t => {
   );
   t.like(walletCurrent, { liveOffers: [], offerToPublicSubscriberPaths: [] });
 
-  const agQueryClient = makeQueryClient(useChain('agoric').getRestEndpoint());
+  const agQueryClient = makeQueryClient(
+    await useChain('agoric').getRestEndpoint(),
+  );
   const { balances } = await agQueryClient.queryBalances(wallets.user1);
   t.deepEqual(
     balances,
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts b/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts
index 3be46210d9b..df3e8c9ba1d 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const stakeScenario = test.macro(async (t, scenario: StakeIcaScenario) => {
   );
 
   const { creditFromFaucet, getRestEndpoint } = useChain(scenario.chain);
-  const queryClient = makeQueryClient(getRestEndpoint());
+  const queryClient = makeQueryClient(await getRestEndpoint());
 
   t.log(`Requesting faucet funds for ${address}`);
   // XXX fails intermittently until https://github.com/cosmology-tech/starship/issues/417
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/tools/wallet.test.ts b/multichain-testing/test/tools/wallet.test.ts
index 01c9119feec..8667d5cbcfc 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/test/tools/wallet.test.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/tools/wallet.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const walletScenario = test.macro(async (t, scenario: string) => {
   t.regex(addr, new RegExp(`^${prefix}1`));
   t.log('Made temp wallet:', addr);
 
-  const apiUrl = useChain(scenario).getRestEndpoint();
+  const apiUrl = await useChain(scenario).getRestEndpoint();
   const queryClient = makeQueryClient(apiUrl);
   t.log('Made query client');
 
diff --git a/multichain-testing/tools/ibc-transfer.ts b/multichain-testing/tools/ibc-transfer.ts
index b4384f13313..173f8c9aaa6 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/tools/ibc-transfer.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/tools/ibc-transfer.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export const createFundedWalletAndClient = async (
   // TODO use telescope generated rpc client from @agoric/cosmic-proto
   // https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/issues/9200
   const client = await SigningStargateClient.connectWithSigner(
-    getRpcEndpoint(),
+    await getRpcEndpoint(),
     wallet,
   );
   return { client, wallet, address };
diff --git a/multichain-testing/tools/registry.ts b/multichain-testing/tools/registry.ts
index 3d29c9baf0a..d4b15c5b8b7 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/tools/registry.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/tools/registry.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const makeGetFile =
 type GetFilePathFn = ReturnType<typeof makeGetFile>;
 
 export const makeSetupRegistry = (getFile: GetFilePathFn) => {
+  let initialized = false;
   /**
    * @param {Object} opts
    * @param {string} [opts.config='../config.yaml'] - The path to the starship configuration file.
@@ -20,8 +21,11 @@ export const makeSetupRegistry = (getFile: GetFilePathFn) => {
    * ```
    */
   const setupRegistry = async ({ config = '../config.yaml' } = {}) => {
-    ConfigContext.setConfigFile(getFile(config));
-    ConfigContext.setRegistry(await useRegistry(ConfigContext.configFile!));
+    if (initialized) return { useChain };
+    const configFile = getFile(config);
+    const fetcher = await useRegistry(configFile);
+    await ConfigContext.init(configFile, fetcher);
+    initialized = true;
     return { useChain };
   };
 
diff --git a/multichain-testing/yarn.lock b/multichain-testing/yarn.lock
index 7c87c33808a..37e3e4fd458 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/yarn.lock
+++ b/multichain-testing/yarn.lock
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@noble/hashes@npm:^1, @noble/hashes@npm:^1.0.0":
+"@noble/hashes@npm:^1, @noble/hashes@npm:^1.0.0, @noble/hashes@npm:^1.2.0":
   version: 1.4.0
   resolution: "@noble/hashes@npm:1.4.0"
   checksum: 10c0/8c3f005ee72e7b8f9cff756dfae1241485187254e3f743873e22073d63906863df5d4f13d441b7530ea614b7a093f0d889309f28b59850f33b66cb26a779a4a5
@@ -1319,6 +1319,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"bip39@npm:^3.1.0":
+  version: 3.1.0
+  resolution: "bip39@npm:3.1.0"
+  dependencies:
+    "@noble/hashes": "npm:^1.2.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/68f9673a0d6a851e9635f3af8a85f2a1ecef9066c76d77e6f0d58d274b5bf22a67f429da3997e07c0d2cf153a4d7321f9273e656cac0526f667575ddee28ef71
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "blueimp-md5@npm:^2.10.0":
   version: 2.19.0
   resolution: "blueimp-md5@npm:2.19.0"
@@ -3843,7 +3852,7 @@ __metadata:
     execa: "npm:^9.2.0"
     fs-extra: "npm:^11.2.0"
     patch-package: "npm:^8.0.0"
-    starshipjs: "npm:2.0.0"
+    starshipjs: "npm:2.4.0"
     tsimp: "npm:^2.0.10"
     tsx: "npm:^4.15.6"
     typescript: "npm:^5.3.3"
@@ -4081,14 +4090,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"starshipjs@npm:2.0.0":
-  version: 2.0.0
-  resolution: "starshipjs@npm:2.0.0"
+"starshipjs@npm:2.4.0":
+  version: 2.4.0
+  resolution: "starshipjs@npm:2.4.0"
   dependencies:
     "@chain-registry/client": "npm:1.18.1"
+    bip39: "npm:^3.1.0"
     js-yaml: "npm:^4.1.0"
     node-fetch: "npm:^2.6.9"
-  checksum: 10c0/8091142dac71b0f0544db87f0f6d101c4fa26792adda05f629dfb3c2f6d087233ede3672fa41ada2cd92d42ad07bbb17481049c491a2adba4a3114f363299121
+  checksum: 10c0/e62cc540bc9e8700d3bdb61ac1261b71417f0e687c98a0e3733317d363e425c7188a205d9af70f5218e87f99195fbfb5b759b4f3f9d87823989ef6b4d90442d6
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard