diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index db5bf99..cd89a59 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ build-miner:
 
 run-miner-bin:
 	set -a; source .env; set +a; \
-	./target/release/miner run --private-key-provider $$PROVIDER_PRIVATE_KEY --private-key-node $$NODE_PRIVATE_KEY --port 8091 --external-ip 0.0.0.0 --compute-pool-id 0 
+	./target/release/miner run --private-key-provider $$PROVIDER_PRIVATE_KEY --private-key-node $$NODE_PRIVATE_KEY --port 8091 --external-ip 0.0.0.0 --compute-pool-id 0 --validator-address $$VALIDATOR_ADDRESS
 
 SSH_CONNECTION ?= your-ssh-conn string
 EXTERNAL_IP ?= 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/miner/makefile b/miner/makefile
index e007a91..59ade05 100644
--- a/miner/makefile
+++ b/miner/makefile
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ run-check:
 
 run:
 	@echo "🔨 Building locally..."
-	cargo run -- run --subnet-id 1 --private-key-provider $$PRIVATE_KEY_PROVIDER --private-key-node $$NODE_KEY --port 8090 --external-ip 0.0.0.0 --compute-pool-id 0 
+	cargo run -- run --subnet-id 1 --private-key-provider $$PRIVATE_KEY_PROVIDER --private-key-node $$NODE_KEY --port 8090 --external-ip 0.0.0.0 --compute-pool-id 0 --validator-address $$VALIDATOR_ADDRESS
 
 watch:
 	@echo "👀 Watching for changes..."
-	cargo watch -x "run -- run --subnet-id 1 --private-key-provider $$PRIVATE_KEY_PROVIDER --private-key-node $$NODE_KEY --port 8090 --external-ip 0.0.0.0 --compute-pool-id 0"
+	cargo watch -x "run -- run --subnet-id 1 --private-key-provider $$PRIVATE_KEY_PROVIDER --private-key-node $$NODE_KEY --port 8090 --external-ip 0.0.0.0 --compute-pool-id 0 --validator-address $$VALIDATOR_ADDRESS"
 
 # Setup GPU server with required dependencies
 gpu-setup:
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ gpu-run:
 
 # Watch mode - automatically deploy and run on file changes
 gpu-watch:
-	cargo watch -x "make gpu-run"
\ No newline at end of file
+	cargo watch -x "make gpu-run"