diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index afeae5f1..9c8af30c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ RUN apt-get -y -qq update && \
 	apt-get install -y -qq apt-transport-https curl wget unzip screen bash jq python3 pip && \
 	apt-get clean
 
+
 # install python script to download genesis
 RUN pip install tendermint-chunked-genesis-download
 
 
-
 # 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
diff --git a/docker-run.sh b/docker-run.sh
index 6cb72df9..d7482cea 100755
--- a/docker-run.sh
+++ b/docker-run.sh
@@ -12,34 +12,61 @@ then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-#we can derive the peer id from the address and should do so!
-NODE_ADDR=$(cat syncnode.txt)
-PEER_ID=$(curl -s "http://"$NODE_ADDR":26657/status" | jq -r .result.node_info.id)
+#we can derive the peer id from the rpc
+mapfile -t peers < <(
+	jq -r '.peers[]' peer_nodes.json
+)
+
+for item in "${peers[@]}"; do
+    echo "peers: ${item}"
+done
+
+mapfile -t rpcs < <(
+	jq -r '.rpcs[]' peer_nodes.json
+)
+
+echo "peers" $peers
+
+for i in "${!rpcs[@]}"; do
+ 	if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail --connect-timeout 5 ${rpcs[$i]}; then
+   		echo "URL exists: ${rpcs[$i]}"
+ 		PEER_ID=$(curl -s ${rpcs[$i]}"/status" | jq -r .result.node_info.id)
+
+ 		PEERS=$PEER_ID"@"${peers[$i]}
+ 		break
+ 	else
+   		echo "not reachable $i"
+ 	fi
+done
+if [ -z "$PEERS" ]
+then
+	echo -e "\033[0;31mNo PEERS available\033[0m"
+	exit
+fi
+
 SEEDS=""
-PEERS=$PEER_ID"@"$NODE_ADDR":26656"
 echo "peers is:" $PEERS
 sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$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://$(cat syncnode.txt):26657"
+mapfile -t snap_rpcs < <(
+  jq -r '.snap_rpcs[]' peer_nodes.json
+)
+
+for i in "${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"
+	exit
+fi
+
 LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height)
 echo $LATEST_HEIGHT
 BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT)); \
diff --git a/peer_nodes.json b/peer_nodes.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cf0ba89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peer_nodes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"rpcs": [
+		"https://cardchain-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net",
+		"http://crowd.rpc.t.stavr.tech:21207",
+		"https://rpc-testnet-cardchain.nodeist.net"
+	],
+	"peers": [
+		"cardchain-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:31656",
+		"crowd.peer.stavr.tech:21206",
+		"rpc-testnet-cardchain.nodeist.net:26656"
+	],
+	"snap_rpcs": [
+		"https://cardchain-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net:443",
+		"http://crowd.rpc.t.stavr.tech:21207",
+		"https://rpc-testnet-cardchain.nodeist.net:443"
+	]
+}
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diff --git a/scripts/buildlaunch-node.sh b/scripts/buildlaunch-node.sh
index 4e7354cf..2718baec 100644
--- a/scripts/buildlaunch-node.sh
+++ b/scripts/buildlaunch-node.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ parent_path=$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" ; pwd -P )
 
 cd "$parent_path"
 
-docker-compose build
+docker-compose build --no-cache
 docker-compose up -d
 sleep 1
 bash register_faucet.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/download_genesis.py b/scripts/download_genesis.py
index 5a38d7ff..da526c26 100644
--- a/scripts/download_genesis.py
+++ b/scripts/download_genesis.py
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
+import json
+import requests
 import tendermint_chunked_genesis_download as tcgd
-f = open('syncnode.txt', 'r')
 
-tcgd.download_genesis('http://'+f.read()+':26657/')
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+with open('peer_nodes.json', 'r') as f:
+  data = json.load(f)
+
+for url in data['rpcs']:
+	try:
+	    page = requests.get(url)
+	    print(url, page.status_code)
+	    tcgd.download_genesis(url)
+	    break
+	except (requests.exceptions.HTTPError, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+	    print("Error")
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diff --git a/scripts/register_faucet.sh b/scripts/register_faucet.sh
index 9992e56c..5cd8f3e3 100644
--- a/scripts/register_faucet.sh
+++ b/scripts/register_faucet.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,25 @@ parent_path=$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" ; pwd -P )
 
 cd "$parent_path"
 
-Cardchaind tx cardchain createuser $(cat ../backup/faucetaddress.txt) faucet --from jannik --gas auto --node tcp://$(cat ../syncnode.txt):26657
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+mapfile -t rpcs < <(
+	jq -r '.rpcs[]' peer_nodes.json
+)
+
+for i in "${!rpcs[@]}"; do
+ 	if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail --connect-timeout 5 ${rpcs[$i]}; then
+   		echo "URL exists: ${rpcs[$i]}"
+ 		RPC=${rpcs[$i]}
+
+ 		
+ 		break
+ 	else
+   		echo "not reachable $i"
+ 	fi
+done
+if [ -z "$PEERS" ]
+then
+	echo -e "\033[0;31mNo PEERS available\033[0m"
+	exit
+fi
+
+Cardchaind tx cardchain createuser $(cat ../backup/faucetaddress.txt) faucet --from jannik --gas auto --node tcp://$RPC:26657
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diff --git a/syncnode.txt b/syncnode.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ddc936..00000000
--- a/syncnode.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-lxgr.xyz
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