diff --git a/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs b/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs
index 2e1d1cbcb..0e22b03b1 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ pub fn get_provider(config: &Config) -> Result<RetryProvider> {
 
 pub fn get_executor_strategy(config: &Config) -> Arc<Mutex<dyn ExecutorStrategyExt>> {
     if config.zksync.should_compile() {
+        info!("using zksync strategy");
         Arc::new(Mutex::new(ZksyncExecutorStrategy::default()))
     } else {
+        info!("using evm strategy");
         Arc::new(Mutex::new(EvmExecutorStrategy::default()))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/config/src/zksync.rs b/crates/config/src/zksync.rs
index 30db09f7f..67e1d0565 100644
--- a/crates/config/src/zksync.rs
+++ b/crates/config/src/zksync.rs
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ pub struct ZkSyncConfig {
 impl Default for ZkSyncConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            compile: true,
-            startup: true,
+            compile: false,
+            startup: false,
             zksolc: Default::default(),
             solc_path: Default::default(),
             bytecode_hash: Default::default(),
diff --git a/crates/strategy/zksync/src/cheatcode.rs b/crates/strategy/zksync/src/cheatcode.rs
index d6c0f4ff5..8bfd252c0 100644
--- a/crates/strategy/zksync/src/cheatcode.rs
+++ b/crates/strategy/zksync/src/cheatcode.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ impl ZksyncCheatcodeInspectorStrategy {
 
         Self {
             evm: EvmCheatcodeInspectorStrategy::default(),
-            using_zk_vm: true, // always start in zksync mode
+            using_zk_vm: false, // We need to migrate once on initialize_interp
             skip_zk_vm: false,
             skip_zk_vm_addresses: Default::default(),
             record_next_create_address: Default::default(),