diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c537798..45b56c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ provingKey.txt
 verificationKey.txt
 verificationKey.json
 .idea
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/config/chainInfo.json b/config/chainInfo.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df12007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/chainInfo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "chainInfo": {
+    "chainID": "aircosmic_2605-1107",
+    "key": "AccountName",
+    "moniker": "ChainName"
+  },
+  "daInfo": {
+    "daSelected": "Celestia",
+    "daWalletAddress": "0xaddress",
+    "daWalletKeypair": "0xaddress"
+  },
+  "sequencerInfo": {
+    "sequencerType": "Air Sequencer"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/handlers/settlement-client/addExecutionLayer.go b/handlers/settlement-client/addExecutionLayer.go
index 9a1fd44..12e75b6 100644
--- a/handlers/settlement-client/addExecutionLayer.go
+++ b/handlers/settlement-client/addExecutionLayer.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func AddExecutionLayer() string {
 
 	verificationKeyContentsAsString := string(verificationKeyContents)
 
-	chainInfoFile, err := os.ReadFile("data/chainInfo.json")
+	chainInfoFile, err := os.ReadFile("config/chainInfo.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error reading file:", err)
 		logs.Log.Error("Error reading chainInfo.json file")
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func AddExecutionLayer() string {
 	}
 
 	chainInfoAsString, err := json.Marshal(chainInfo.ChainInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error marshalling chain info:", err)
+		return "nil"
+	}
 
 	postAddExecutionLayerStruct := PostAddExecutionLayerStruct{
 		VerificationKey: verificationKeyContentsAsString,
diff --git a/scripts/init_dir.sh b/scripts/init_dir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe5d732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init_dir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+sudo rm -rf data/leveldb
+mkdir -p data/leveldb/batches
+mkdir -p data/leveldb/blocks
+mkdir -p data/leveldb/proof
+mkdir -p data/leveldb/publicWitness
+mkdir -p data/leveldb/static
+mkdir -p data/leveldb/tx
+touch data/blockCount.txt
+touch data/transactionCount.txt
+touch data/batchCount.txt
+echo "0" > data/blockCount.txt
+echo "0" > data/transactionCount.txt
+echo "0" > data/batchCount.txt
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