diff --git a/cmd/nitro/nitro.go b/cmd/nitro/nitro.go
index 397e9d173..43933651f 100644
--- a/cmd/nitro/nitro.go
+++ b/cmd/nitro/nitro.go
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ func mainImpl() int {
 			return 1
 		}
 
-		if !nodeConfig.Node.BatchPoster.EnableEigenDAFailover && nodeConfig.Node.Dangerous.DisableBlobReader {
+		if !nodeConfig.Node.BatchPoster.EnableEigenDAFailover && !nodeConfig.Node.Dangerous.DisableBlobReader {
 			log.Error("4844 must be disabled if using EigenDA without failover enabled")
 			return 1
 		}
diff --git a/nitro-testnode b/nitro-testnode
index 348a48872..99d425358 160000
--- a/nitro-testnode
+++ b/nitro-testnode
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 348a4887245d229f754db0e839cfca04f255491e
+Subproject commit 99d425358eb9324f70b793ace9db807789e41a9f