diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 32fe2012..445e5596 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,17 +4,23 @@ FROM ignitehq/cli:v0.27.1
 
 USER root
 RUN apt-get -y -qq update && \
-	apt-get install -y -qq apt-transport-https curl wget unzip screen && \
+	apt-get install -y -qq apt-transport-https curl wget unzip screen bash jq && \
 	apt-get clean
 #
 # install jq to parse json within bash scripts
-RUN curl -o /usr/local/bin/jq http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/linux64/jq && \
-  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jq
+#RUN curl -o /usr/local/bin/jq https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.6/jq-linux64 && \
+#  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jq
+#RUN jq #this will crash in case jq is not properly installed
 
+# install correct go version
+RUN wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+RUN tar -xvf go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+RUN rm /usr/local/go -rf
+RUN mv go /usr/local
 
 
 USER tendermint
-WORKDIR /home/tendermint
+WORKDIR /home/tendermints
 
 RUN export GOPATH=$HOME/go
 RUN wget https://github.com/DecentralCardGame/go-faucet/archive/master.zip && \
@@ -36,7 +42,6 @@ RUN ignite chain init
 RUN wget -O $HOME/.Cardchain/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DecentralCardGame/Testnet/Testnet4/genesis.json"
 RUN	wget -O $HOME/.Cardchain/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DecentralCardGame/Testnet/Testnet4/addrbook.json"
 
-RUN echo $HOME
 
 RUN chmod +x ./docker-run.sh
-ENTRYPOINT ./docker-run.sh
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+ENTRYPOINT bash docker-run.sh
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a20b18af..40da24fb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ services:
     build: .
     command: ./docker-run.sh
     volumes:
-       - /home/wieth:/home/tendermint/
+      - ./backup:/backup
+      - ./docker-run.sh:/home/tendermint/docker-run.sh
     ports:
       - 26657:26657
       - 26658:26658
@@ -13,21 +14,18 @@ services:
       - 9090:9090
       - 4500:4500
 
-  herd:
-    image: nginx:latest
-    container_name: herd
-    volumes:
-      - /etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/fullchain.pem:/etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/fullchain.pem
-      - /etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/privkey.pem:/etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/privkey.pem
-      - ./config/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-      - /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam-4096.pem:/etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam-4096.pem
-    ports:
-      - 80:80
-      - 81:81
-      - 443:443
-    command: /bin/bash -c "exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'"
-    depends_on: 
-      - blockchain
-
-volumes:
-  database-data: # named volumes can be managed easier using docker-compose
+#  herd:
+#    image: nginx:latest
+#    container_name: herd
+#    volumes:
+#      - /etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/fullchain.pem:/etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/fullchain.pem
+#      - /etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/privkey.pem:/etc/letsencrypt/live/cardchain.crowdcontrol.network/privkey.pem
+#      - ./config/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+#      - /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam-4096.pem:/etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam-4096.pem
+#    ports:
+#      - 80:80
+#      - 81:81
+#      - 443:443
+#    command: /bin/bash -c "exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'"
+#    depends_on: 
+#      - blockchain
diff --git a/docker-run.sh b/docker-run.sh
index 3c3ce9dc..aa8bfa0a 100755
--- a/docker-run.sh
+++ b/docker-run.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,75 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# TODO
-if false && test -f "/var/blockchain/exported_genesis.json"; then
-  echo -e "'\033[0;31m' exported_genesis.json found - reloading from there'\033[0m'"
-  mkdir ~/.ignite/local-chains/Cardchain
-  cp /var/blockchain/exported_genesis.json ~/.ignite/local-chains/Cardchain/exported_genesis.json
-  cp /var/blockchain/binary_checksum.txt ~/.ignite/local-chains/Cardchain/
-  cp /var/blockchain/config_checksum.txt ~/.ignite/local-chains/Cardchain/
-  cp /var/blockchain/source_checksum.txt ~/.ignite/local-chains/Cardchain/
+#set -eo pipefail
+
+echo -e "\033[0;32mfasten your seatbelts\033[0m"
+FAUCET_SECRET_KEY="0x6F1f5bd93f3D59d6eed1d5ec40E29C1821029759"
+CHAIN_ID=Cardchain
+
+if [ -z "$FAUCET_SECRET_KEY" ]
+then
+	echo -e "\033[0;31mNO SECRET KEY FOR FAUCET CONFIGURED! \033[0m"
+	exit 1
 fi
 
-# empty blocks would be nice, but this doesn't start the faucet
-#Cardchaind start --consensus.create_empty_blocks false
+SEEDS=""
+PEERS="749792ffd93fe56d155ce1baa26ea58b46b2668a@lxgr.xyz:26657"; \
+sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/config.toml
+
+SNAP_RPCs=("http://crowd.rpc.t.stavr.tech:21207"
+"https://cardchain-testnet.nodejumper.io:443"
+"https://cardchain-rpc.acloud.pp.ua:443")
+
+# for i in "${SNAP_RPCs[@]}"; do
+# 	if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail --connect-timeout 5 $i; then
+#   		echo "URL exists: $i"
+# 		SNAP_RPC=$i
+# 		break
+# 	else
+#   		echo "not reachable $i"
+# 	fi
+# done
+
+# if [ -z "$SNAP_RPC" ]
+# then
+# 	echo -e "\033[0;31mNo SNAP_RPC available\033[0m"
+# fi
+
+SNAP_RPC="http://lxgr.xyz:26657"
+LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height)
+echo $LATEST_HEIGHT
+BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 2000)); \
+TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
+echo -e "\033[0;36mlatest height: $LATEST_HEIGHT \nblock height: $BLOCK_HEIGHT \ntrust hash: $TRUST_HASH \033[0m"
+
+sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
+s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ; \
+s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
+s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"|" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/config.toml; \
+
+# config pruning
+indexer="kv"
+pruning="custom"
+pruning_keep_recent="100"
+pruning_keep_every="0"
+pruning_interval="10"
+
+sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/config.toml
+sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/app.toml
+sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/app.toml
+sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/app.toml
+sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.Cardchain/config/app.toml
+
+echo -e "\033[0;32mstarting faucet \033[0m"
+sed -i -e "s/^SECRET_KEY *=.*/SECRET_KEY = \"$FAUCET_SECRET_KEY\"/" go-faucet-master/.env
+cd go-faucet-master
+./go-faucet &
+echo -e "\033[0;31mfaucet adress: \033[0;36m $(Cardchaind keys show alice --address) \033[0;31m must be registered!\033[0m"
 
-./ignite chain serve
+echo -e "\033[0;32mstarting Blockchain\033[0m"
+Cardchaind start
 
-# the following line is evaluated if csd is terminated via pkill (docker-stop-and-export.sh)
-Cardchaind export > ~/.ignite/local-chains/Cardchain/exported_genesis.json
+# backup area (this will be executed if the Cardchaind process is killed)
+now=$(date +"%d.%m.%Y")
+Cardchaind export > /backup/genesis$now.json
+echo "BACKUP should be in /backup/genesis$now"
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