diff --git a/cmd/evm-middleware/main.go b/cmd/evm-middleware/main.go
index 98178cc..bf8363a 100644
--- a/cmd/evm-middleware/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm-middleware/main.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
-
 	grpcproxy "github.com/rollkit/go-execution/proxy/grpc"
 	pb "github.com/rollkit/go-execution/types/pb/execution"
 
@@ -43,8 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 	var genesisHash common.Hash
 	var feeRecipient common.Address
 
-	genesis := core.DefaultGenesisBlock()
-	genesisHash = genesis.ToBlock().Hash()
+	genesisHash = common.HexToHash("0x8bf225d50da44f60dee1c4ee6f810fe5b44723c76ac765654b6692d50459f216")
 
 	evmClient, err := evm.NewEngineAPIExecutionClient("http://:8545", "http://:8551", jwtSecret, genesisHash, feeRecipient)
 	if err != nil {